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Getting around Vienna: Jahreskarte and other tickets

If you travel every day, the Wiener Linien annual pass is the best deal. Here are the tickets available, what they cost in 2026 and where to buy them.

Jahreskarte
€461 (digital, one payment) or €500.40 paid monthly
Reduced Jahreskarte
€294 (digital): Senior (65+), Jugend (under 26), Spezial (people with disabilities)
31 and 7 days
31 Tage: €65.20 digital / €75 paper; 7 Tage: €25.20 / €28.90
Single trip
€3.00 digital / €3.20 paper ticket

Step by step

  1. Install the WienMobil App and create an account: digital tickets are cheaper than paper ones, and the digital Jahreskarte is shown only in the app.
  2. If you travel daily, get the Jahreskarte: it starts on the first day of any month and is valid in the Kernzone Wien (U-Bahn, tram, bus, S-Bahn).
  3. Under 26? Get the Jahreskarte Jugend: since 1 February 2026 it has replaced the student Semesterticket.
  4. Pupils and apprentices (Lehrlinge) under 24 receiving Familienbeihilfe can get the Top-Jugendticket for €101 per school year — valid across Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland.
  5. Travel around Austria a lot? Compare with the KlimaTicket Ö (€1,400, reduced €1,050 for under 26 and 65+). For Vienna plus its surroundings there is the KlimaTicket Metropolregion.
  6. Paper tickets are sold at the Fahrscheinautomat in U-Bahn stations and at Info- und Ticketstellen. A paper ticket must be validated (entwerten) before the trip.

What to bring

  • For digital tickets: a WienMobil App account
  • For the plastic Jahreskarte (Scheckkarte): a current passport photo and a photo ID
  • For the Top-Jugendticket: a Schülerausweis or Lehrlingsausweis
  • For the KlimaTicket Ö Spezial: a Behindertenpass (at least 70%) or another qualifying document

Common mistakes

Not validating a paper ticket: without the stamp it is not valid.

Riding to the airport on the Jahreskarte: it is not valid beyond the Kernzone Wien border or on the CAT.

Looking for a Semesterticket or 48/72-hour tickets — they no longer exist since 2026.

Leaving your personal pass at home. You can show it within two weeks (online or in Erdberg) and then pay no fine — but do not pay anonymously on the spot.

Words you will meet

die Jahreskarteannual pass
der Fahrscheinticket
entwertento validate
die Mehrgebührpenalty fare
die Kernzonecore fare zone (Vienna)

Official sources

Checked: 2026-10-07. This is a plain-language summary of official information, not legal advice. Deadlines and amounts change — check the linked official sources before you go.