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REX7 trainorCity Airport Train?

The short answer

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.
TravelersREX7 trainCity Airport TrainDifference
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.

REX7 train: price for every party size

Check the fare and zones
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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