I know the German Railpass is good for Salzburg, but in searching the DB Bahn website they list the trains going to other places like Hallstatt, but they list "unknown tariff aboard." What does this mean? Can you use your German Railpass when going from Fussen to Hallstatt? Do you have to buy a 2nd ticket from the Germany border to Hallstatt? How does that work? Thanks so much for any information you can offer. :-)
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With few exceptions, German Rail only sells P-P tickets online for a route with one end in Germany, and they only show fares for routes for which they sell tickets.
Because Salzburg is just across the border from Germany, and German Rail runs the trains into Salzburg Hbf, Salzburg Hbf is considered a border station. DB will sell tickets from Salzburg to the first change in Austria. You can, for instance, get a ticket online from Salzburg to Attnang-Puchheim, which is on the way to Hallstatt. However, because the train connection between Attnang-Puchheim and Hallstatt is completely in Austria, German Rail will not sell online tickets for that leg, or for the combined Salzburg-Hallstatt connection. That's why they say "unknown tarif abroad".
A German Rail pass is only valid in Germany. It is valid into the Hbf in Salzburg because, as previously mentioned, Salzburg is a border station. If you are using a German Rail pass, you would still have to purchase tickets from Salzburg to Hallstatt.
Last August, I went from Salzburg to Hallstatt, via Bad Ischl, by bus. I could have gone by train from Bad Ischl to Hallstatt (and then the boat across the lake), but because my Zimmer and the bus station were both near Lahn, which is outside Hallstatt to the south, I took the bus from Bad Ischl to Lahn.
Using the bus from Salzburg to Hallstatt via Mondsee (to see the SOM wedding church) and Bad Ischl, my total fare was €17,30. If I had gone directly from Salzburg to Bad Ischl, I suspect the fare would have been slightly less.