Vienna City Card: Transport included with the Vienna City Card

What are the transport included in the Vienna City Card? The official Vienna Tourist Card allows you to unlimited free travel in the Austrian capital's complex public transport network. With it, you will have unlimited access to trams, buses, metros and trains that criss-cross the city, allowing you to explore every corner.

Let's see them all together transport included in the Vienna City Card.

Which transports does the Vienna City Card include?

The Vienna City Card allows you to travel anywhere in the Vienna city network with any of the many trams, buses, metro or municipal trains.

COMPANY / SERVICE	TYPE OF TRANSPORT / SERVICE	DISCOUNT WITH VIENNA CITY CARD
Austrian Airlines Lounge	Airport Lounge & Hospitality	-10%
JET Lounge / SKY Lounges (Vienna Airport)	Airport lounge (relaxation, snacks, Wi-Fi)	-15%
Pedal Power - Bike Rental	Bicycle hire and city tours	-10%
Rax cable car (Rax-Seilbahn)	Cable car to the Rax Plateau	-20%
Schneebergbahn	Cog railway to the Schneeberg summit	-20%
Sightseeing by boat - Blue Danube	Sightseeing Cruises on the Danube and the Vienna Canal	-10%
Twin City Liner	High-speed catamaran Vienna - Bratislava	-10%
WESTbahn	Train service between Vienna and Innsbruck (also integrated tickets from Munich)	-10%
WIPARK Parking	Discounted parking spaces in garages	-20%

Notes on discounts and other useful information

• Austrian Airlines LoungeAccess for 39 € instead of 44 € (only for Austrian Airlines ticket holders valid for the same day).
• JET/ SKY LoungesPrices reduced to 39 € (SKY Lounge) and 48 € (VIENNA Lounge).
• Pedal Power: The discount applies to bike hire.
• Rax-Seilbahn: -20% on ascent and descent.
• Schneebergbahn-20% on the standard ticket (including the FLEX option to change the date/time).
• Blue Danube: -10% on Vienna sightseeing cruises (City Cruise, Grand Danube River Cruise, Danube Panorama Tour, Evening Cruise).
• Twin City Liner-10% on standard Vienna-Bratislava tickets (one child up to 17 years old free of charge).
• WESTbahn-10% on the WESTflex fare per holder + max. 3 accompanying persons, with purchase online or via other authorised channels (present Vienna City Card on board during the check).
• WIPARK: Reductions on hourly/daily rates in affiliated garages (request discount card to be used at the exit).

It is important to note some significant exceptions: the Vienna City Card does not include the use of direct bus routes to the airport and other private transport initiatives, such as the Westbahn train service or the CAT airport train.

However, you can book some of these services excluded as an additional package of the base paper, such as the ones below.

This extensive transport network covers practically the entire city, offering an unparalleled travel experience. In addition, it is useful to know that if an adult has an active Vienna City Card, children up to the age of 14 travel free of charge. It is crucial to remember that Vienna Airport is outside the city limits.

When is the Vienna City Card activated?

Your card serves as a subscription once activated or validated for use.

From the moment of activationIn fact, the time counting starts: it will remain valid for travel from that moment and for the duration purchased, whether for the next 24, 48, 72 hours or 7 days.

So, for example, if you activate the 24-hour subscription at 16:00, it will be valid until 16:00 the following dayallowing you to make the most of the period of use purchased.

Vienna City Card and transport: frequently asked questions

Vienna City Card transport: conclusions

Here we come to the end of this guide on the transport included in the Vienna City Cardin which we saw together which means of transport are included and which are excluded. If you need more information, leave a comment below or read the list of museum discounts and on the shops, clubs and restaurants in Vienna with the Wien Card.

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