Public transport users in Vienna are infuriated as several ticket machines have failed to accept their bank cards. Using bank cards to pay for tickets is currently impossible at an undisclosed number of machines at stations across the city, public transport agency Wiener Linien confirmed yesterday (Tues). The company explained that the error had to […]
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It will be a Bowl!
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The Austrian American football league season comes to a climax at 5pm, on Thursday 23 June 2011 when Swarco Raiders and The Raiffeisen Vikings battling it out to be crowned Austrian Bowl XXVII champions. Having finished first and third respectively in the league, Swarco Raiders Tirol and Raiffeisen Vikings secured a place in the grand […]
Using public transport in Vienna may become more expensive soon, according to reports.Several daily newspapers claim today (Weds) that public transport provider Wiener Linien will raise some rates shortly as the citys new government aims to offer cheaper tickets to the needy.The Greens of Vice Mayor Maria Vassilakou made clear when they decided to form […]
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has postponed the introduction of a controversial new return ticket system after being flooded with hundreds of complaints.The debt-stricken company reduced the validity period of return tickets from one month to just two days for trips of 100 kilometres and more in December. Reports have it that ÖBB failed to inform […]
Federal Railways (ÖBB) is in hot water after it emerged the company drastically reduced the validity period of return tickets.Austrian newspapers report today (Thurs) that return tickets are valid for just two days as of now instead of one month. Some dailies claim ÖBB did not inform its customers about the change at stations or […]
Quadruple lotto jackpot holds 8mn
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This Wednesdays quadruple lotto jackpot is worth eight million Euros, Austrian Lotteries have announced.The company said today (Mon) it was only the 10th time in its 25-year history that none of the hundreds of thousands of participators lottery tickets had shown the correct six out of 45 numbers three times in a row.Lottery tickets are […]
Passengers trapped in a crowded underground train for two hours in Vienna will receive nothing but tickets worth less than 30 Euros as compensation by the citys public transport agency.Answer Lang, a spokesman for Wiener Linien announced today (Thurs) that the company had decided to offer the eight-day rider tickets costing 28.80 Euros to the […]
Public transport officials in Austria are looking across the border as Germany has become entangled in a heated debate over the possible introduction of a “drink and ride” limit for passengers.Criminologist Christian Pfeiffer told the Berliner Kurier newspaper today (Fri) the implementation of a legal limit for passengers may slash damage costs and the number […]
Petrol prices keep up inflation
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Soaring mineral oil prices have led to a two per cent year on year inflation rise, it has been reported.State agency Statistik Austria said today (Tues) that the October inflation rate would have reached just 1.4 per cent had mineral oil products like car fuel not become 15 per cent more expensive compared to the […]
Airlines have vowed to pass extra costs on to customers after the governments announcement to set up a tax on tickets.The federal coalition of Social Democrats (SPÖ) and Peoples Party (ÖVP) announced on the weekend it will charge every ticket for a flight from Austria to another European country with eight Euros from next year. […]