🎫 Essentials
Wiener Linien tickets and passes
One ticket covers U-Bahn, trams and buses in the core zone. Since January 2026 there are no 48- or 72-hour tickets — for longer stays, the 7-day ticket usually wins.
One system
Wiener Linien runs the U-Bahn, trams and buses, and one ticket for the Vienna core zone (Kernzone) covers them all, along with S-Bahn and regional trains inside the city. The U-Bahn lines go by number and colour: U1 red, U2 purple, U3 orange, U4 green, U6 brown. There is no U5 in service yet.
Which ticket
- Single ride — one journey, changes allowed.
- 24 hours — the day ticket.
- 7 days — for three days or more it is usually the cheaper answer.
- Vienna City Card — transport plus discounts at sights, sold for 24, 48 and 72 hours and 7 days.
The 48- and 72-hour tickets were abolished on 1 January 2026; any guide still recommending them is out of date. Digital tickets in the WienMobil app cost a little less than paper ones. Current fares are on what it costs.
Validating
A paper ticket must be stamped before the journey — in the blue machines at U-Bahn and S-Bahn entrances, or inside the vehicle on trams and buses. An unstamped ticket counts as no ticket.
The airport is outside the zone
Vienna International Airport lies beyond the core zone, so a city pass alone does not cover it. The airport page explains the options — and note that the central S-Bahn line is closed until the end of October 2027.
At night
The U-Bahn runs all night on Friday and Saturday nights and on nights before public holidays. On other nights, NightLine buses — the lines marked N — take over after midnight.
Children
Children under 6 travel free. Under-15s also travel free on Sundays, public holidays and during Vienna's school holidays.
