For one traveler the REX7 train is cheaper by €9.40. That does not change up to 8 travelers.
The REX7 train is quicker: 20 min against 21 min. The City Airport Train varies between 16 and 21 minutes.
REX7 train: 04:46–01:46. City Airport Train: 06:07–23:37.
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.
Travelers
REX7 train
City Airport Train
Difference
1
€5.50
€14.90
€9.40
2
€11
€29.80
€18.80
3
€16.50
€44.70
€28.20
4
€22
€59.60
€37.60
5
€27.50
€74.50
€47
6
€33
€89.40
€56.40
7
€38.50
€104.30
€65.80
8
€44
€119.20
€75.20
Side by side
Where each one leaves you
REX7 · OeBB, on a VOR ticketREX7 train
From
Station beneath the terminal
To
Wien Hauptbahnhof, via Schwechat and Kaiserebersdorf
Luggage
A regional train, with racks at the carriage ends.
Runs
04:46–01:46
Journey
20 min
It reaches Wien Hauptbahnhof in 20 minutes for EUR 5.50, against the CAT's 21 minutes to Wien Mitte for EUR 14.90 — and the CAT is currently a bus.
It is the last thing out of the airport at 01:46, and nothing follows until 03:49.
Buy a ticket that covers the airport AND the Vienna core zone. A city ticket is not valid to the airport, and the airport-only ticket stops at the edge of the core zone.
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.
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