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City Airport TrainorPrivate transfer to Bratislava?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The City Airport Train reaches Wien Hauptbahnhof and the Ringstrasse beyond it; the Private transfer to Bratislava does not. This goes to Bratislava, not Vienna: the driver takes you to any address there.

The City Airport Train is quicker: 21 min against 40 min.

City Airport Train: 06:07–23:37. Private transfer to Bratislava: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersCity Airport TrainPrivate transfer to BratislavaDifference
1€14.90€90€75.10
2€29.80€90€60.20
3€44.70€90€45.30
4€59.60€90€30.40
5€74.50€156€81.50
6€89.40€156€66.60
7€104.30€156€51.70
8€119.20€312€192.80

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
CAT · CAT, currently operated as a coach by Blaguss ReisenCity Airport Train
From
Coach stands outside the terminal, not the station
To
Wien Mitte, the coach stop at Marxergasse 1b
Luggage
Hold luggage carried; city check-in is suspended for the duration.
Runs
06:07–23:37
Journey
16–21 min

It is a bus until 31 October 2027. The operator says so: "verkehrt der City Airport Train fuer 14 Monate mit komfortablen Premium-Bussen". You are paying a train fare for a coach on the same roads as everything else.

EUR 14.90 against EUR 5.50 for the REX7, which reaches Wien Hauptbahnhof in about the same time.

City check-in, historically the reason to pay for it, is suspended for the whole closure.

It stops at 23:37, earlier than both ordinary trains.

City Airport Train: price for every party size

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