I forgot we leave Prague and come back. Let's say we stay at Hotel Julian.
They will pick us up from the train station for 400 CZK ($20) and the train station for 600 CZK ($30).
Link to their public transit site.
Looks like we can take the No. 9 tram from the Švandovo divadlo stop near the hotel towards Spojovaci. Get off at the Hlavni nadrazi stop. There may be a short walk or some sort of express bus. It's hard to tell from the map. When we get in from Cesky Krumlov, we can take the No. 9 tram towards Sidliske Repy.
The airport express bus from Hlavni nadrazi (train station) for 40 CZK ($2) each.
There are also express buses to/from Dejvická and Zlicin, the western ends of the line for Metro Lines A and B, respectively. Neither puts us in a better position than the main train station. We'd have to take a bus to a Metro to a tram.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Train: Vienna to Prague
We leave from Wien Mielding.The website basically tells us to take buses or commuter trains. But it's like 3 buses. That sounds confusing. I prefer the Metro. Maybe we'll figure out the tram system, but it doesn't appear to help us here. From our apartment to Wien Mielding, here's what we have to do:
We can take the 0 tram back towards Landstrabe Wien Mitte. Get on the Green Line U-Bahn (U4). Take that towards Hutteldorf. Get off at Längenfeldgasse. Transfer to the Brown Line U-Bahn (U6). Take that towards
We can get into our place in Prague after 3 pm.
We can leave at 9:33, get in at 2:18
12:33 - 5:15
2:33 - 7:18.
If we feel ambitious, we can take the 9:33. Otherwise, the 12:33 works pretty well. We can get into Prague, find our apartment, and head out to dinner. It is the 5-year anniversary of our first date.
We can take the 0 tram back towards Landstrabe Wien Mitte. Get on the Green Line U-Bahn (U4). Take that towards Hutteldorf. Get off at Längenfeldgasse. Transfer to the Brown Line U-Bahn (U6). Take that towards
Siebenhirten. Get off at Philadelphiabrücke. That should be Wien Mielding.
We can get into our place in Prague after 3 pm.
We can leave at 9:33, get in at 2:18
12:33 - 5:15
2:33 - 7:18.
If we feel ambitious, we can take the 9:33. Otherwise, the 12:33 works pretty well. We can get into Prague, find our apartment, and head out to dinner. It is the 5-year anniversary of our first date.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Vienna: Train Station to Apartment
Let's just say we take 1:10 train from Budapest Keleti P.
We get to Wien Meidling at 3:46 and Wien Westbahnhof at 4 PM. I think those are the east and west train stations, respectively.
Either will work. Westbahnhof looks a little less confusing via public transit. And we use that to get to Prague, so probably worth learning it.
Westbahnhof is at Europaplatz 1, 1150, Wien, Austria. The house is at Dampfschiffstrasse 12.
Their public transit website it nice. It tells you what direction, what line, and has pretty little maps.Here are the directions. We can get a 72-hour card for about $19. Obviously we are there for more than 72 hours.
Basically, take the U3 U-bahn line (orange) towards Simmering. Get off at Landstrabe Wien Mitte. You walk a little southeast towards Invalidenstrabe Street. Take the O tram north toward Praterstern S+U. It says to get off at Hintere Zollamtsstraße and walk, which we can. Franzenbrucke is two stops after that, might be closer. We just walk back across the bridge and hand a right, should be there.
We get to Wien Meidling at 3:46 and Wien Westbahnhof at 4 PM. I think those are the east and west train stations, respectively.
Either will work. Westbahnhof looks a little less confusing via public transit. And we use that to get to Prague, so probably worth learning it.
Westbahnhof is at Europaplatz 1, 1150, Wien, Austria. The house is at Dampfschiffstrasse 12.
Their public transit website it nice. It tells you what direction, what line, and has pretty little maps.Here are the directions. We can get a 72-hour card for about $19. Obviously we are there for more than 72 hours.
Basically, take the U3 U-bahn line (orange) towards Simmering. Get off at Landstrabe Wien Mitte. You walk a little southeast towards Invalidenstrabe Street. Take the O tram north toward Praterstern S+U. It says to get off at Hintere Zollamtsstraße and walk, which we can. Franzenbrucke is two stops after that, might be closer. We just walk back across the bridge and hand a right, should be there.
| 16:01 16:05 | from Wien, Europaplatz 1 to Westbahnhof | PDF
|   | Walk/escalator down//escalator down about 4 minutes about 0,0 km |
| 16:05 16:14 | from Westbahnhof to Landstraße |  | U-Bahn U3 Simmering | |
   | escalator up/elevator up/walking distance about 5 minutes | |||
| 16:19 16:22 | from Landstraße-Wien Mitte S+U to Hintere Zollamtsstraße |  | Straßenbahn O Praterstern S+U | |
| 16:22 16:28 | from Hintere Zollamtsstraße to Wien, Dampfschiffstraße 12 | | Walk about 6 minutes about 0,4 km |
Friday, May 11, 2012
Train: Budapest to Vienna
We travel from Budapest to Vienna on Monday, May 21.
Looks like I have us staying near the wrong train station. We need to get to Budapest Keleti P for the train to Vienna. It's here. We can cancel Radisson Blu, but the Novotel Centrum (which is walking distance from the right train station) is sold out. On the plus side, the Centrum is a little harder to get to from the airport. My bad, I screwed this up.
We can take the 6 tram east/south from Otakon towards Móricz Zsigmond körtér felé . Get off at Blaha Lujza tér red line metro station. Take that towards Örs vezér tere M+H, get off at Keleti pályaudvar - the train station.
Link to the public transportation website.
For $17 each, we can get unlimited rides on the buses, trams, and metros for 72 hours.
Trains leave every 2 hours on the 10s. 9:10, 11:10, 1:10 and take 2.5 hours to Vienna. We can get into our place at 3:15. I think we aim for the 11:10 or 1:10.
Looks like I have us staying near the wrong train station. We need to get to Budapest Keleti P for the train to Vienna. It's here. We can cancel Radisson Blu, but the Novotel Centrum (which is walking distance from the right train station) is sold out. On the plus side, the Centrum is a little harder to get to from the airport. My bad, I screwed this up.
We can take the 6 tram east/south from Otakon towards Móricz Zsigmond körtér felé . Get off at Blaha Lujza tér red line metro station. Take that towards Örs vezér tere M+H, get off at Keleti pályaudvar - the train station.
Link to the public transportation website.
For $17 each, we can get unlimited rides on the buses, trams, and metros for 72 hours.
Trains leave every 2 hours on the 10s. 9:10, 11:10, 1:10 and take 2.5 hours to Vienna. We can get into our place at 3:15. I think we aim for the 11:10 or 1:10.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
More on Train Travel
Following up on this post, wanted to look at individual ticket costs so we can decide if there is a pass/passes that make sense. We can look at schedules most closely when we have a better itinerary. It looks as if we have at least 3 daily options for each of these routes.
All prices are for two tickets.
The Triangle Pass gets us from Budapest to Vienna and Vienna to Prague is $280. No reservations.
With reservations, our costs look like this:
We also need to get from Vienna to Bratislava, but I assume there is some sort of commuter train, rather than using the national railways.
The European East Pass covers unlimited travel on the national rail networks of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary. Valid for 5 travel days in 1 month. $490 for the two passes. No reservations.
It's $426 if we take Bratislava off the list.
Kinda seems like we should do the Triangle pass and book round trip for Prague to CK.
All prices are for two tickets.
The Triangle Pass gets us from Budapest to Vienna and Vienna to Prague is $280. No reservations.
With reservations, our costs look like this:
- Budapest to Vienna - $128
- Vienna to Prague - $204
- Prauge to Cesky Krumlov - $84
- Cesky Krumlov to Prague - $84
We also need to get from Vienna to Bratislava, but I assume there is some sort of commuter train, rather than using the national railways.
The European East Pass covers unlimited travel on the national rail networks of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary. Valid for 5 travel days in 1 month. $490 for the two passes. No reservations.
It's $426 if we take Bratislava off the list.
Kinda seems like we should do the Triangle pass and book round trip for Prague to CK.
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