I know there is more than one station in Vienna. Which station do we need for going to Bratislava? We are coming by train from Ljubljana and on to Bratislava. Will we have to change stations? Thanks
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You´ll be arriving at Wien Südbahnhof (Railway Station South) and this is also where the trains to Bratislava depart from, so it will only involve a change of platforms, if you should be going on to Bratislava on the same day.
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Fantastic! Thank you.
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For your information, if you are travelling to Vienna after December 12, then you´ll arrive at Wien-Meidling instead of Südbahnhof (Südbahnhof will be pulled down and replaced by the new Main Station in a couple of years, so it is being closed on December 12 for serious works to commence).
You can´t yet search schedules on the ÖBB website past that date, but as the Bratislava train is an Ostbahn (Eastern) train, it seems it will be departing from the provisionary Ostbahn tracks, which will be modified at Südbahnhof (facing the park Schweizer Garten). If that, it will involve a change for you, either by taxi or S-Bahn to the Südbahnhof stop (S-Bahn is the only train service that will still go through there, with exits to said park). Best to check closer to date www.oebb.at/en/index.jsp
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We will be there in early November so I guess we%26#39;re OK. I understand there are Austrian trains and Slovakian trains on this route. We have a eurail pass for Austria. If we take the Austrian train to the border, how would we get into Bratislava from there? From the map I have it looks like it%26#39;s right on the border. Thls might save us 28 Euro for 2 people.
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Austrian and Slovak Rail cooperate on the Vienna-Bratislava route, so you get Slovak trains and Austrian trains; generally tickets are valid on both.
Will you be travelling to Bratislava hlavna stanica (main station) or Bratislava Petrzalka? In the latter case, I think the Eurrail pass, if valid for Austria, should be fine on the outward journey (return might be a problem) as Petrzalka is the first and also terminal stop after crossing the border. If it is the main station, then it could be that you´d indeed have to get an extra ticket for the very short journey in Slovakia, as there is now the additional Slovakian stop of Devinska Nova Ves in between the border and Bratislava. I would email the company you booked the Eurail pass from and enquire, to be on the safe side.
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We actually leave today on a 7 week trip so I think I%26#39;ll just check with the Eurail office in one of the Banhofs when we get to Europe. Thanks again.
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I don%26#39;t think there is an Eurail office anywhere in Vienna, though.
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I am trying to think whether the Slovak conductor actually does check the tickets - I have done that journey loads of times, but it has never really registered. If there IS a ticket check on the Slovak side, no need to worry - just pay the conductor on the spot - it will only be about one Euro each (normal price = €0,60 from Devínská Nová Ves, but you may have to pay a supplement for paying on the train)
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If you take a train going (via Marchegg) to the main station, then the train attendant definitely inspects the tickets. Moreover I have experienced that attendants in general are much more accurate in the post-communist countries than elsewhere. But you can, as suggested by GCEK, purchase a supplement for the remaining distance aboard. It is also possible to buy such a ticket at the station in Vienna. That%26#39;s absolutely no problem but eventually more expensive than on the train being on the Slovak side (as they apply the Slovak fare).
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