Just need confirmation that I have this right:
Train from Garmisch to Munich
Werdenfels Ticket 23 euros for 2- can purchase at the station
Will also be valid for S-Bahn in Munich
Train from Munich to Salzburg
Das Guten Tag ticket 26 euros for 2- purchase at the station.
Will this be available from any ticket machine- and are there limitations on which train it is valid on?
Thanks
First, are you doing all of this in one day, or are you spending the night in Munich?
A Bayern-Ticket will cover you all the way from Garmisch to Salzburg for 28€ for two in one day. It wouldn't make sense to buy a Werdenfels-Ticket for Garmisch to Munich AND a Guten-Tag-Ticket from Munich to Salzburg in the same day. It is also valid for all conveyances (S-/U-Bahn, trams, buses) in the MVV (Munich metro), not just the S-Bahn.
The Guten-Tag-Ticket is only valid on Meridian trains, which are most, but not all, of the regional trains from Munich to Salzburg. It is not valid on any conveyances in the Munich metro.
In Munich, you can purchase your Guten-Tag-Ticket at the Meridian Customer Service Center in the Starnberger Flügelbahnhof (the station annex on the north side), opposite track 30.
Thanks Lee- this is on 2 different days- we will spend a few nights in Munich.
So, if Garmisch-Munich and Munich-Salzburg are on different days, using the Werdenfels-Ticket one day and the Guten-Tag-Ticket another day works.
Depending on where you are staying in Munich, you might want to use a Bayern-Ticket, which includes local transportation in Munich, instead of the Guten-Tag-Ticket.
The Werdenfels-Ticket is an offering of the local Bahn affiliate and is valid on all regional Bahn trains and also on privatized trains run as regional trains of the Bahn. The S-Bahn in Munich is a regional train of the Bahn and is included in the Werdenfels-Ticket.
Meridian is a private company running trains under the Bahn privatization policy. The Guten-Tag-Ticket is a private offering of Meridian and is only valid on Meridian trains, which run Munich-Rosenheim-Salzburg, Munich-Rosenheim-Kufstein, and Munich-Holzkirchen-Rosenheim. It is not valid on other routes, such as Munich-Mühldorf-Freilassing-Salzburg, or on non-Meridian trains, such as the S-Bahn in Munich.
The Guten-Tag-Ticket is also recognized on the trains of the Bayerische Oberlandbahn (BOB) south of Munich.
