Austrian railways buying advance tickets

[tannedfrog]

Hello, does anyone know how the advance tickets work in Austria - can you buy with credit card online and pick up at station?

Thanks
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And does anyone know the answer to the same question for a ticket from Budapest to Vienna - presumably it would need to be the Hungarian railways site?

 

[gordonthemoron]

you can buy them online and print at home. The security is not great, i.e. they don't check the credit card

 

[burns20]

The best way I have done this is to email OBB direct with the date, time of train, any preferences you have and they will all be accommodated.

I have used this twice this year for travel from Budapest to Vienna and Vienna to Prague with no problems whatsoever.

They charge 5 euro to post to a UK address.

 

[Oscar]

Deleted - not relevant.