How do I get from Vienna airport to Wien Hauptbahnhof?

Q: How do I get from Vienna airport to Wien Hauptbahnhof?

REX7 train: €5.50 for one traveler, 20 min. It leaves you at Wien Hauptbahnhof, via Schwechat and Kaiserebersdorf. The REX7 is the one option here that actually reaches Hauptbahnhof, via Schwechat and Kaiserebersdorf, in 20 minutes for EUR 5.50. The S7 does not call here — it currently terminates at Wien St. Marx while the Stammstrecke is closed — and the City Airport Train goes only to Wien Mitte, not Hauptbahnhof, whether running as a train or, as now, as a coach. From Hauptbahnhof, direct trains run to Salzburg Hbf, Budapest-Keleti and Praha hl.n. — all zero-change, from the same station the REX7 leaves you at.

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REX7 train

REX7 · OeBB, on a VOR ticket

20 min rideEvery 30 min04:46–01:46

Station beneath the terminalWien Hauptbahnhof

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Boards at. Station beneath the terminal

An ordinary VOR single covering the airport and the Vienna core zone. The airport sits outside the core zone, so a Vienna city ticket will not do — and the two halves bought separately (EUR 2.30 plus EUR 2.40) come to less than the through fare and are not valid for it.

Luggage. A regional train, with racks at the carriage ends.

Hours. Departures at :16 and :46, first 04:46 and last 01:46. After that nothing leaves the airport until the S7 at 03:49 — a hard gap of nearly two hours. The night S-Bahn does not fill it: OeBB runs it from Schwechat, one stop short of the airport.

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The REX7 is the one option here that actually reaches Hauptbahnhof, via Schwechat and Kaiserebersdorf, in 20 minutes for EUR 5.50. The S7 does not call here — it currently terminates at Wien St. Marx while the Stammstrecke is closed — and the City Airport Train goes only to Wien Mitte, not Hauptbahnhof, whether running as a train or, as now, as a coach. From Hauptbahnhof, direct trains run to Salzburg Hbf, Budapest-Keleti and Praha hl.n. — all zero-change, from the same station the REX7 leaves you at.

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REX7 train · 20 min

Wien Hauptbahnhof

REX7 train serves Wien Hauptbahnhof. City Airport Train does not.

Arriving late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the REX7 train runs 04:46–01:46. Outside those hours nothing on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it. and the board keeps only what is running.

From arrivals to Wien Hauptbahnhof

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Station beneath the terminal. Follow the signs from arrivals.

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Check the destination and departure board before boarding.

Arrive at Wien Hauptbahnhof

20 min. Continue to your accommodation or follow signs for onward transport.

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Before you travel

Does the City Airport Train stop at Wien Hauptbahnhof?

No. It runs to Wien Mitte.

What if my flight arrives late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the REX7 train runs 04:46–01:46. Outside those hours nothing on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it.

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