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Day trip to Innsbruck from Bolzano — Regional trains?

Posted by (New York, NY) on

I will be in Bolzano (in Italy) for a few days in mid October. I want to take a day trip to Innsbruck but want the flexibility to pick the date last minute. I will have the Bolzano Bozen regional transit card from my hotel.

Can I use that card to take a regional train between Bolzano & Brenner and then buy a ticket on the S-Bahn (or regional train) between Brenner and Innsbruck? I don’t want to buy a high-speed rail ticket in advance between Bolzano and Innsbruck because I want flexibility. I would think taking two regional trains would make the most sense and be a good value considering the Italian regional train would be free. What do you think of this idea?

Posted by
23730 posts

Sounds lie a good plan. Not only are the regional connections more frequent than through trains, they are not all that much slower, only about 10 to 15 minutes for a 2 hour or so trip.

Posted by
4160 posts

Thanks, Sam. I also noticed that there wasn’t a big difference in terms of travel time.

I will have to see if I can download an app to buy the S-Bahn tickets in advance instead of having to go to a ticket machine.

Posted by
4174 posts

A ticket for the S-Bahn will be a VVT ticket, also valid on local transport in Innsbruck. If there are two or more of you travelling the best option is probably to get the Day Ticket for 42,60, which is good for 2 adults and up to 3 children, and gives you unlimited use of all public transit in Tirol. See www.vvt.at

Note that there are a few through regional trains between Bolzano and Innsbruck. You can use the split ticket trick you have in mind on those as well. It is not necessary to get out and change trains in Brenner. As long as you are on a regional train you are fine.

Posted by
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high-speed rail ticket

Unless things have changed, the only trains on these tracks are slow and slower.

Posted by
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I am traveling on my own. I didn’t realize that there are regional through trains between Bolzano & Innsbruck making it unnecessary to change trains. How will that work if I’m using my Bolzano Bozen card (QR code) for the Italian portion? Do they have regional through trains both from Balzano and from Insbrook?

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