Klimaticket
In Austria, the Klimaticket is a unified transport pass with a duration of one year. The price was initially €1,095, which amounts to about €3 per day.[1][2] There are reduced rates for people under 26, over 65 and for the disabled. These cost initially 871 € per year (2.25 € per day). It was introduced on October 26, 2021, the Austrian national day.
The price has been 1,179.30 euros since 2025. The reduced ticket has since costs 884.20 euros.
The ticket is valid on the second class of ÖBB, WESTbahn, RegioJet, and all local public transport in Austria. It does not apply to long-distance buses such as Flixbus. On RegioJet trains the ticket is valid between Břeclav (Czechia) - Vienna - Hegyeshalom (Hungary) with rezervation and in some conditions without rezervation[3].
WESTbahn has special lower pricing for Klimaticket owners when traveling to Germany with their KlimaPlus-Ticket[4].
MÁV Személyszállítási Zrt. has flat price ticket called "START KlimaTicket Mix[5]" for Klimaticket owners traveling from Vienna anywhere in Hungary via Hegyeshalom: 20 euros second class, 30 euros first class.
18 year olds will receive the ticket once free of charge since July 2024. The young adults have three years to collect the ticket. The possible start of validity is from the 18th birthday to one day before the 21st birthday. The prerequisite is residence in Austria.[6] In January 2025, spokesmen for the ÖVP and FPÖ announced that they would abolish the free ticket for 18-year-olds.[7]
There are also variants of the Klimaticket that are only valid in one federal state. They cost between 365 and 561.80 € per year (variant without discount for young people or seniors). There is also a joint ticket for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, the VOR KlimaTicket Metropolregion. It costs 860 € (reduced rate between 607 and 737 €). Valid only in Vienna it is available as 365-Euro-Ticket, called Jahreskarte. There is also a reduced version (only for seniors aged 65 and over, not for young people) for 235 €.[8] Conscripts in the Austrian military get the ticket for free while serving.
References
[edit]- ^ Kobie, Nicole. "Want to fix Britain's broken trains? Look at Austria". Wired UK. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Jones, Ben. "The $3.50 go-anywhere ticket to fight climate change". CNN.
- ^ https://regiojet.com/our-tickets/klima-ticket
- ^ https://westbahn.at/en/ticket-shop/klimaplus-ticket/
- ^ https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en/mav-szemelyszallitas/international-travels/travelling-hungary-discount-card
- ^ https://www.kleinezeitung.at/oesterreich/18469760/ab-1-juli-ein-gratis-klimaticket-zum-18-geburtstag
- ^ https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000253124/blau-schwarz-will-klimaticket-als-oesterreich-ticket-weiterfuehren
- ^ https://www.wienerlinien.at/jahreskarte
 | This article about transport in Austria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |