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Munich to Vienna on Railjet-- Question #2

I booked the tickets from Munich to Vienna, and then return to Munich. The tickets I printed have a statement that I do not quite understand. I e-mailed OBB, but they did not reply. Perhaps someone has some input. The ticket I purchased list some cities on it, but those cities are not stops on the journey. The Munich to Vienna ticket says:

UBER Rosenheim * Traunsterin * Freilassing * Salzburg Stadt

And the Vienna to Munich ticket says:

UBER Linz * Salzburg Freilassing * Traunstein * Rosenheim

What does this all mean?
George

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George, "über" is German for via (with a ü, not a u, these are two different letters in German).
So all it is saying is that your ticket is valid *via Rosenheim * Traunsterin * Freilassing * Salzburg Stadt *, and on the way back via Linz * Salzburg Freilassing * Traunstein * Rosenheim.
These will be places (rail junctions) your train goes through. They are not necessarily where it stops, but the route is used to calculate the fare. I looked up times for a random train (actually RJ60) and the stops are:

Wien Hbf 10:21
Wien Meidling 10:35
St.Pölten Hbf 10:58
Linz Hbf 11:46
Salzburg Hbf 12:52
München Hbf 14:30

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UBER Rosenheim * Traunsterin * Freilassing * Salzburg Stadt
And the Vienna to Munich ticket says:
UBER Linz * Salzburg Freilassing * Traunstein * Rosenheim
What does this all mean?

It simply describes the route you have booked and prevents you from making a big detour on that ticket through, say, Graz and Klagenfurt to Salzburg.

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14980 posts

The list of towns lists the stops the train will make in that order, über is "via"

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19275 posts

Most RailJets don't make any stops between Salzburg and Munich, but the route via Rosenheim, Prien, Traunstein, and Freilassing is the only route they take..