Airport to Laa

We traveled to Laa en der Thaya straight from the airport by train in the past. but now checking the OBB travel plan this route is given through the CAT to Mitte and then to Laa. Is this so? The route from airport to Laa is cancelled?

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You did? I am not quite sure how this worked - other than perhaps your having taken S7/S8 to Floridsdorf and the same train, under a different route number, going on to Laa an der Thaya.

In any case, there is no direct service from the airport, you have to change once in Vienna - at Rennweg or Wien-Mitte, for example. The CAT (City Airport Train) shows up on most suggested connections for timetable efficiency reasons, you could also take the S8 Schnellbahn service from the airport and change (CAT goes straight through to Wien-Mitte, only stop) en route. S2 is the Schnellbahn that goes to Laa an der Thaya and there is also a regional train (R2408) going there, which you can catch at Rennweg or Wien-Mitte as well.

Hope this helps :).

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Yes, the direct service to Laa/Thaya has been cancelled in December 2008. Now the trains terminate in Vienna and you have to transfer anywhere between Wien-Rennweg and Wien-Floridsdorf to the Laa-bound train. By the way, it is not necessary to take the CAT as the ordinary S-Bahn runs along the same track. I would depend it on when you are able to arrive the airport station. If the ordinary S-Bahn has just departed, then opt for the CAT in order to save precious time.

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Thanks for help.

It must have terminated this year though as I had a direct connection on January 18,2009. Ok not that difficult though for just one train change.

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I said December because ÖBB always changes its timetables in December. If you took one in January, then it seems to have been an %26quot;extraordinary%26quot; timetable alteration.