Salzburg Transport Association (SVV) - Salzburger Verkehrsverbund (SVV)

Brief information
Salzburger Verkehrsverbund 2015 logo.svg
regionSalzburg (state)
SeatSchallmooser Hauptstr. 10, 5027 Salzburg, Austria

The Salzburg Transport Association (short: SVV), also known as Salzburg traffic is a transport association founded in 1995 with headquarters in Salzburg, which the tariffs in State of Salzburg regulates and is one of seven transport associations in Austria.

Network area

Map of the Salzburger Verkehrsverbund (SVV)

Danger:

  • Boarding the S-Bahn lines S2, S3 and S4 as well as all regional trains is only permitted with a valid and possibly validated ticket.
  • Tickets can be bought and validated on board in the following vehicles: trolleybus, regional buses, Salzburg local train (lines S1 and S11).

Fares for tickets from the pre-sale 2018:

  • Short haul In a block of 5 € 5.50, i.e. € 1.10 per trip.
  • Single trip core zone In a block of 5 € 9.50, i.e. € 1.90 per trip
  • Single trip 09/17 Between 09:00 and 17:00 the single journey is discounted. This costs € 08.00 in a block of 5, i.e. € 1.70 per trip.
  • 24 hour card € 04.00, valid exactly 24 hours after validation
  • Weekly card 16,40 €
  • Monthly pass 55,00 €

Fares for tickets at ticket machines and on the Internet:

  • Short haul: unavailable.
  • Single trip core zone: unavailable.
  • Hour ticket: 2,00 €
  • Single trip 09/17: not available at the Salzburg AG machines.
  • 24-hour card: 04,00 €
  • Weekly card: not available at the Salzburg AG machines.
  • Monthly pass: not available at the Salzburg AG machines.

Fares for tickets from the bus drivers / conductors of the local train:

  • Short haul: unavailable.
  • Single trip core zone: 2,70 €
  • Single trip 09/17: unavailable
  • 24-hour card: 6,00 €
  • Weekly card: unavailable
  • Monthly pass: unavailable

State of Salzburg

In the federal state outside the urban area, single trips, daily, weekly and monthly tickets are offered. There is an overview of the SVV tickets here.

The use of local and long-distance trains is also possible with tickets at the ÖBB tariff, the Vorteilscard discount is also granted for VorteilsCard holders, but then it is not possible to switch to other means of transport (city buses, regional buses and trolleybuses).

Coming from the direction of Freilassing from Germany, the DB tariff also applies as a transitional tariff to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof.

Other tickets, some of which are recognized in the SIA's means of transport

Austrian Federal Railways tickets

The Simply get out ticket The ÖBB applies to all local trains in Austria (REX, R, S-Bahn), also in the SVV network area and also in the trains of the S-Bahn Salzburg.

Tickets from Deutsche Bahn AG and the Meridian Railway Company

Driving to and from Germany are valid on the rail routes in the Bavarian part of the SIA as well between Freilassing and Salzburg Hbf following tickets only in local rail traffic (S-Bahn, R, REX):

Ticket purchase

  • At Ticket machines these are located in most of the ÖBB train stations. in the 1 Central Station There are also ticket machines from Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) and the German private railway Meridian, which provides local transport services between Salzburg Hbf and Munich central station he brings. There are also ticket machines at some of the heavily frequented stops of the Salzburg Oberleistungsbus in the city center.
  • In Tobacco Shops, the tickets are cheapest here, mainly tickets for the core zone in Salzburg tobacco shops are available.
  • In the Customer centers of the transport companies, the Salzburger Lokalbahnen AG maintain a customer center on the mezzanine floor to the underground local train station in the Central Station.
  • Both Bus drivers The drivers of the city and regional buses sell tickets, but these are usually more expensive than those sold in advance.
  • In the vehicle In the vehicles of the Salzburg Local Railway (SLB) (Lines S1 and S11) tickets are sold and / or validated by the conductors who ride in all vehicles.

In the vehicles of the Berchtesgadener Land Railway (BLB) are tickets on the section in Germany between Freilassing and Berchtesgaden sold by the conductors, some trains continue from Freilassing in the direction of Salzburg Hbf, in this case boarding on the section in Austria is only permitted with a valid ticket.

Attention: Tickets can only be purchased from the conductors using the means of transport mentioned. In the other local rail transport, boarding is only permitted with a valid and possibly validated ticket.

In long-distance trains in the network area

In the long-distance trains in the network area (Railjet (RJ), InterCity (IC) / EuroCity (EC), ÖBB NightJet (NJ), WestBahn and InterCityExpress (ICE of the DB) it is possible to buy tickets from the conductor, but there is an on-board price. The ÖBB Nightjet is reservation required, Reservations can only be purchased from the train attendant if there are still free seats on the train. WestBahn's private long-distance trains are not included in the network tariff. With the ÖBB Nightjet, a ticket and a reservation must be purchased at least as far as the next possible disembarkation station, so traveling at the SVV tariff is practically impossible.

Means of transport

Map of the REX, R, local and high-speed train lines and stations in Salzburg City and the surrounding area
Train of the Salzburg local railway in the station Hauptbahnhof

Daytime traffic

  • Trolleybus and bus: The trolleybuses run by Salzburg AG operate in the city of Salzburg, they have 12 lines and 154 stops in the city. In addition, regional buses (buses) run from the surrounding area to Salzburg and back; these can also be used for inner-city journeys, including tickets for the Core zone Salzburg are valid.
  • S-Bahn Salzburg The S-Bahn has 11 stations in the urban area of ​​the lines S 2 and S 3 as well as five stations of the Salzburg local railway line S 1 and S 11

All lines run at least every 30 minutes, since 2018, in addition to line S3, line S2 has also been running between Salzburg Hauptbahnhof and Freilassing, so that a 15-minute interval was created.

  • Local trains In the rest of the network area, the transport services are mainly provided by regional trains (REX (Regional express), R. (Regional train) as well as the private railway companies in regional traffic such as the Meridian, which runs between Salzburg Hbf and Munich Hbf.

Night traffic

  • night bus Night buses run to the regions on the nights before Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in the state of Salzburg Flachgau, Tennengau, Pinzgau and Pongau, a special ticket is required to use it, it costs 4.50 per day and person. The night bus services are ordered and organized by the surrounding towns and regions, so a separate ticket is required, which can be obtained from the bus drivers.
  • Local railway On the nights before Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, the Salzburger Lokalbahn offers a night trip in each direction, on which the two local railway lines operate as one line; The night trip starts in Ostermiething at 1 a.m., reaches Lamprechtshausen at 1:20 a.m. and runs from there to Salzburg Hbf (local train station in the basement), from there the train runs back to Ostermiething via Lamprechtausen at 2 a.m.

Park and Ride (PR)

Main Products: Park and Ride

Park and ride facilities are located on the outskirts of Salzburg and many other places within the state. These can be used by all travelers to switch from car or motorcycle to public transport. Most of the facilities are free of charge and are usually open 24 hours a day. Some of these also have bike-and-ride spaces, where cyclists can park their bikes to switch to public transport.

Bike and Ride

Bike-and-ride facility at the Muntigl local train station
Main Products: Bike and Ride

Bike-and-ride systems are used to switch from bicycles to urban, regional and long-distance public transport. You are at many stations in the SIA network area. In the basement of the main train station in Salzburg there are lockable bicycle boxes, which are subject to a charge and a reservation. At many stations of the S-Bahn Salzburg and regional trains there are also bicycle racks, which can be used free of charge and without reservation and are partially protected from the weather. In practice, public bicycle racks in the road network can also be used to switch.

Transfer to other means of transport outside the SIA tariff

The fortress railway in Salzburg

See also

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