Austria introduces a joint annual ticket for buses and trains in six of nine federal states and thus hopes to switch from the car to public transport.At first not there are the federal states of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland.
The ticket costs 949 instead of 1095 euros as originally planned.People under the age of 26, people with disabilities and seniors are entitled to a discount of 25 percent.In Germany with its much larger network, the BahnCard 100 of Deutsche Bahn, which includes the use of local public transport and many private transport companies, costs 4027 euros.In addition to the annual ticket for all of Austria, variants can only be selected for one or two federal states.Lost Places in Austria
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Environmental Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) spoke of a "revolution in public transport" when presenting the new climatic coat on Wednesday.The Greens politician had campaigned for the project for years."The climate king makes the switch from the car more easy than ever.So what else should you wait? ”Says the Greens politician.In her opinion, the introduction of the new annual ticket should only represent an "intermediate step" after lengthy negotiations until the three missing regions are also on board.According to the current status, for example, it would not be possible to use the traffic lines in the capital of Vienna with the ticket.
The negotiations continued, the minister said.It is even possible that the missing federal states will be added before the climate comes into force.From the 1.October is the ticket to be bought.It is valid from the 26.October, the national holiday in Austria."It will be a good day for the climate," announced Gewessler.The ticket is intended to help Austria reach the Paris climate goals.
