Verona Travel Forum

I am traveling in July Verona to Badhofgastein Austria. When I look on the train schedule it has me changing: arriving venezia maestre at 11:28 and then walking to what I guess is a bus station and leaving at 11:40 The symbol says walk to what I assume is a bus station Viale Stazione? This goes to Villach Hbf 14:50 and leave 15:16 to Badgastein. Is this a realistic schedule for two people who are not fluent and do not know the area? It says ES OBB ICbus Obb EC
It is the shortest timed route but may be too complicated. Is anyone aware how difficult to get from Venezia maestre to the icbus station and the same in Villach. Perhaps someone is better at reading this schedule on the OBBwebsit. It is Verona Porta Nuova to Bad Hofgastein. Thankyou for your trouble.

Hi,

I can't understand how it's possible go from Verona to Austria via Venice.
It's not normall, because it's a direct way via Brennero pass (if you look the map you understand me).
So I check the OEBB.at and what we have for example 14 July:

if you take EC 188 from Verona Porto Nuova 06:59 you will have only 1 change already in Austria's Rosenheim, where you take EC 113 and arrive in Bad Hofgastein in 15:28.

Also you can take for the same way two more trains, which depart from Verona in 08:59 or 12:59 and arrive at Bad Hofgastein 17:28 or 21:28 .

You must check your's concrete dates and I hope you can find the same easy way for your's destination.

Good luck !

I'm very sorry. Of course Rosenheim is a Germany, the reason of my mistake is that usually Rosenheim is a changing point from Munich airport to Austrian Alps resorts and sometimes it is perceived as a part of Austria, especially it's not far from Austrian border.
Sorry once again !

Good luck !

No, you're reading it correctly...I am using the German rail website (www.bahn.de) but it looks like the same info is there.

"Viale Stazione" is the street in front of Venice Mestre; it is common in Italy to have a bus terminus close to the train station, say, across the train station piazza or down the street. You can easily get to the bus...if you exit the station and walk in the right direction. I agree that 12 minutes is just not a whole lot of time if anything goes wrong.

In Villach, it looks like the bus stop is actually at the station ("Villach Hbf(Bussteige 1-4)" is "Villach main train station, bus stops 1-4") so 25 minutes should be plenty of time...

Listen, if you want to do this bus thing (it IS faster than the train alternatives), look at taking the 09:29 train from Verona to Venice Mestre (arr 10:28), then you'll have a little more than an hour to stop in the cafe in Mestre, have something to eat, buy some water and eats for the trip to Villach (most Europeans bring their lunch on the train or bus), and leisurely find the bus stop. The train at 09:29 is a EuroCity just like the one at 10:29 (the one you were talking about), so the fare would be the same; you would just have a longer layover in Venice.

Or just make a day of it, leave Verona at 08:59, arrive in Rosenheim at 13:43, depart Rosenheim at 15:02 and arrive in Bad Hofgastein at 17:28. Takes longer, but you have only one change, with an adequate layover in Rosenheim to restock on edibles and a newspaper. Yes, it takes longer, but it's simpler.

Can't tell you about the pricing since this spans three countries...

Bill