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WOWO LEE
WOWO LEE asked in TravelAustriaOther - Austria · 9 years ago

Is it necessary to reserve seat in advance for Austria train?

I am traveling to Austria in May. I will be traveling from Innsbruck to Hallstatt, Hallstatt to Salzburg, Salzburg to Krem and Krem to Vienna. I have purchased Austria pass but i am not sure whether i need to make seat reservation in advance? I went to Switzerland last year and i booked most of the seat in advance, it turned out there were plenty of empty seats in the train. Could you please share your experience? Thanks,

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  • Gerd P
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
    Favourite answer

    Reservation of seats for domestic trains in Austria is optional; reservation fee €3.00. You could only reserve seats on the InterCity and Railjet trains Innsbruck - Attnang-Puchheim; Atnang-Puchheim - Salzburg and Salzburg - St. Pölten. Your other connections are with RegionalEXpress trains without reservation options. It's really not necessary to have seats reserved in May. Just step on your train and you'll find plenty of free seats.

    http://www.eurail.com/planning/train-seat-reservat... ..

    http://www.oebb.at/en/Planning_your_trip/Travel_re... ..

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    No. But if you are not traveling 1st C, and the train is almost full--like a holiday...

    Oh...the misery.

    I've seen conductors shut the doors at peek times OR holiday periods...then allow just a

    few w/o reserved seats and 1st C in. The rest were crowed like in like sardines.

    I watched from my 1st C car...

    A word to the wise!!

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Not in 1st class.

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