Trains & busesIndoor and outdoor
Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel
Salzburg · Salzburg und Umgebung
1 h 09Route
Unlimited freeWithin the 24-hour window in the city
Unlimited free
The black corner means a condition applies.
- · Within the 24-hour window in the city
Note: the card gives either 24 hours in Salzburg city or one drive over the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse. Choose one for your whole card.
SourceChecked by hand
Salzburg has a close-meshed bus network with electric trolleybuses and ordinary bus lines. During the day trolleybuses run every 10, 15 or 20 minutes and most bus lines every 15 minutes, and in July and August a separate holiday timetable applies. Tickets are cheaper when bought in advance at a kiosk or a ticket machine, and overnight guests receive a Guest Mobility Ticket for the whole length of their stay.
- Validate advance-purchase tickets in the vehicle on the first journey
- Children from 6 up to and including 14 years travel at the minimum fare
- Overnight guests receive a Guest Mobility Ticket that is valid for the whole length of the stay
Salzburg has an Obus system with electric trolleybuses, supplemented by ordinary bus lines. During the day the trolleybuses run every 10, 15 or 20 minutes, most bus lines every 15 minutes. During the summer holidays between July and August a separate holiday timetable applies. At night the NachtStern and the bus taxi provide the journey home. The current timetable can be found at fahrplan.salzburg-verkehr.at.
Tickets: single tickets of the Salzburger Verkehrsverbund and 24-hour tickets for the Salzburg core zone are cheaper when bought in advance at one of the many Trafiken (kiosks) or at a ticket machine. Personal advice is available at the ServiceCenter Verkehr at the Lokalbahnhof (basement), at the ServiceCenter Alpenstraße and at the customer centre of the Salzburger Verkehrsverbund on Schallmoser Hauptstraße. The 24-hour ticket is valid as a network ticket throughout the city. For a stay of more than four days a weekly ticket is worthwhile. All advance-purchase tickets have to be validated in the vehicle on the first journey.
The SalzburgMobil app for iPhone, Android and Windows gives a clear overview of all possible connections from starting point to destination and allows tickets to be bought in advance. As an alternative, the Salzburger Verkehrsverbund offers the app Salzburg Verkehr.
Bus journeys are included in the Salzburg Card: trolleybus lines 1 to 14, Albus bus lines 20 to 28, 31, 34, 36 and 151, the Salzburger Lokalbahn S1 and S11 as far as Acharting, and the postbus lines 120/121 to Elixhausen, 130/140 to Eugendorf, 160 to Elsbethen, 170 to Rif/Taxach, 180 to Großgmain and 181 to Walserberg. Children from the age of six up to and including the day before their fifteenth birthday travel at the minimum fare of the Salzburger Verkehrsverbund.
Since 1 May 2025 a mobility levy has been charged in the SalzburgerLand. In return, all overnight guests receive a Guest Mobility Ticket. That ticket is valid for the whole length of the stay and gives access to the entire public transport network in the SalzburgerLand: city transport, regional bus services, S-Bahn, regional trains, long-distance trains and micro public transport.
What visitors say
The trolleybus and bus network covers the city well and travellers name boarding without a separate ticket as the biggest advantage. The criticism is mainly about reliability: delays and missed connections on some lines, and during festivals and at weekends crowded vehicles and longer intervals. For short journeys within the city it works fine, but it should not be relied on when a train has to be caught. Buses are accessible for wheelchairs, prams and bicycles.
- · Allow plenty of time when a train connection follows.
- · During the Festspiele and at weekends: expect full buses and longer waits.
SourceSummarised from public experiences, 2026-08-15.
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