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ÖBB Increases Ticket Prices by 4.9 Percent
ÖBB announced that prices for standard tickets will increase by an average of 4.9 percent from December 15, 2024, in parallel with the winter timetable. This is the first price increase in 18 months. However, numerous tickets, including the popular Sparschiene tickets and seat reservations, will remain unaffected by the price adjustment.
ÖBB is increasing the price of standard tickets by an average of 4.9 percent with the winter timetable from December 15. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / NÖLB Mh / CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
In a statement, the Austrian Railways explained that the price increase was an attempt to compensate for inflation-related cost increases. Taking into account the special promotion for Sparschiene tickets, in which 150,000 tickets are reduced to a maximum price of 29.90 euros for three months, the price increase is effectively only 3.5 percent and therefore below the current inflation…
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