We are travelling through Europe during December and currently we need to travel from the Munich region to Vienna on the 31st of December. Assuming we can get to Munich, would public transport be operational during this period? In some countries public transport is shut down during the festive season and we would rather move our travel dates if this is the case.
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1I'd like to see an example of a country where public transportation is "shut down during the festive season" – Dmitry Grigoryev Sep 17 '18 at 22:43
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@DmitryGrigoryev in Auckland, New Zealand, trains often do not run around Christmas time (usually 25th + a few days after, sometimes as long as until after New Years holidays). Buses replace these in some cases, but these too are on a reduced timetable. – Brandon Wyatt Sep 18 '18 at 0:05
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1@BrandonWyatt In Wellington, New Zealand, trains were replaced by buses around New Year's Day 2018/Eve 2017. And they had an extended timetable too, which seems a bit counterproductive. – user253751 Sep 18 '18 at 3:53
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1London Transport does not run on the 25th of December. No underground, no busses, nada. It irks me every year. – Marianne013 Sep 18 '18 at 11:11
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Fear not: there will be regular service, but relatively few people will be traveling. Check out time tables at www.bahn.de and www.oebb.at. – Drux Sep 20 '18 at 5:35
These were the trains last year on 31st Dec (www.bahn.de).
München Hbf 08:17 4:13 Wien Hbf 12:30
München Hbf 09:30 4:00 Wien Hbf 13:30
München Hbf 10:17 4:13 Wien Hbf 14:30
München Hbf 11:30 4:00 Wien Hbf 15:30
München Hbf 12:17 4:13 Wien Hbf 16:30
München Hbf 13:30 4:00 Wien Hbf 17:30
München Hbf 14:17 4:13 Wien Hbf 18:30
München Hbf 15:30 4:00 Wien Hbf 19:30
München Hbf 16:17 4:13 Wien Hbf 20:30
München Hbf 17:30 4:00 Wien Hbf 21:30
München Hbf 18:17 4:13 Wien Hbf 22:30
München Hbf 18:56 4:34 Wien Hbf 23:30
(It only shows three months or so into the future.)
The European time table change takes place on December 9 – in Austria, some details of the 2019 timetable are still subject to change, but you can already check preliminary timetables for December 31 on http://fahrplan.oebb.at.
According to the timetable, on December 31 this year, direct high-speed trains will depart every two hours. Also taking into account (only slightly slower) train connections requiring a transfer in Salzburg, you have options to get from Munich to Vienna by train roughly every hour throughout the day.
In Vienna, public transport services will operate on a normal schedule, with additional (quite frequent) service during the night.
