Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Vienna: The Royal City of Austria with Dynamic Public Transport

Vienna, the capital city of Austria, formally known as the Republic of Austria, is situated at the east side of Danube River. The city is famous for its world class artistic and intellectual legacies that shaped the current face of Austria. There are many historical names who had contributed substantially in making Vienna an imperial city. With 1.7 million population, Vienna is also the biggest city of Austria. After huge development and progress, Vienna has become a focal center of country’s economic, culture and political activities. The city still persevered the colossal imperial places that have been listed in UNESCO world Heritage list.

To explore this mega imperial city, one ought to select an efficient transport system and if you have ample time in Vienna, public transport is the most suitable option to travel around the city. Vienna is equipped with well-developed transport network that includes buses, trains, trams and underground lines. All these excellent modes of traveling are quite efficient to take their traveler almost anywhere in the city with no time limit.

Wiener Linien is the public transport company in Vienna which is officially operating 5 undergrounds, 29 trams, and 90 bus lines. Among 90 bus lines, 24 lines, used for night lines which only operate between 12:30 am to 5:00 am.  The underground line has remained operational even at holidays and weekends for passengers 24/7. The fleet of Wiener Linien totally consists of over 500 tram carts and 500 buses. Vienna public transport is also part of transport association in the eastern region of Austria which split eight zones of this region and made one full zone for travelling in Vienna. To travel around this zone, a single ticket is valid in one way.

Tickets are available at ticket machines at different spots at underground stations and also at the shops of tobacco and cigars items. After boarding into bus or tram, you can also purchase tickets at bit increased rate. Besides tickets, passes are also available for long traveling and anyone can avail them at weekly, monthly and annual basis, round the clock. You can also book for Vienna airport transfers for roaming the streets.
In the nutshell, Vienna is the city of historical emperors and imperial tourist places and if you are not in a rush, public transport is the ultimate option to travel around this royal city.

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