Stress-free journey to the Ötztal by train

New direct connection: For all guests from the north, a new direct connection between Hamburg/Hanover and Ötztal Bhf is available every Saturday from 23.12.2023 to 30.03.2024 with the ICE "Ski Express Tirol". Stopovers include Göttingen, Würzburg, Munich and many more.

Daily direct connections

Skiers can reach Ötztal by train from all directions. Seven daily direct connections take guests from Zurich to Ötztal-Bahnhof in only 3 hours without having to change trains. Also the Railjet towards Bludenz via Arlberg pass stops in Ötztal-Bahnhof every two hours. In winter, there is even an additional route from Munich to St. Anton am Arlberg, which stops in Ötztal-Bahnhof. Six daily direct connections with an arrival time of 4 hours and 40 minutes are also available from Vienna with stops in St. Pölten, Linz and Salzburg.

New direct connection: For all guests from the north, a new direct connection between Hamburg/Hanover and Ötztal Bhf is available every Saturday from 23.12.2023 to 30.03.2024 with the ICE "Ski Express Tirol". Stopovers include Göttingen, Würzburg, Munich and many more. For night owls, the ÖBB Nightjet (from Hamburg or Düsseldorf via Nuremberg and Munich to Innsbruck) is a good option. So you won't lose a single day. Very interesting fact for guests from Germany: The journey to Ötztal can be started from several major German cities at highly attractive prices. Further advantages: The tickets can be booked up to 6 months in advance, children up to 14 years of age even travel for free when accompanied by their parents or grandparents.

Tip: More detailed information about current timetables and advance booking are available at www.oebb.at, www.bahn.com and www.nightjet.com

Save money on rails

ÖBB has a special Sparschiene program that offers train tickets at bargain rates valid within Austria or throughout Europe. Also the German and Swiss Railways have similar super saver programs. Holders of the BahnCard 25 or 50 of Deutsche Bahn, for example, receive a 25% BahnCard discount on the German rail route. Additionally, Deutsche Bahn also offers interesting super saver offers for Tirol – the super saver price finder helps to find the cheapest price.

ÖBB Luggage Service

Sending luggage ahead makes traveling easier

Enjoy your train journey and simply send your luggage in advance. The luggage service of ÖBB will pick up your luggage at home and deliver it to your holiday accommodation. This service is available for guests from Austria and Germany if the trip is booked with ÖBB. More information about booking is below. Please find more detailed booking information below.

Nobody there to take the luggage?

An additional service also makes it easier to travel to holiday apartments. The Tirolean holiday region of Ötztal stands for environmental-friendly and sustainable tourism and is therefore offering all guests who stay at private accommodations or holiday apartments and who arrive by train a special service in the 2023/24 winter season and in the 2024 summer season: Guests have the option of sending their luggage to their holiday destination even if no one is on site at their accommodation, in order to receive their luggage before arrival or to have it picked up after departure. The luggage is sent to a central address and delivered to the accommodation upon arrival of the guests. This special service was developed as part of the ULTIMOB research project.

Costs

The ÖBB price list applies to luggage delivery. The extra service will be carried out on a trial basis at no additional cost in the Ötztal Holiday Region in the 2023/24 winter season and in the 2024 summer season - in cooperation with the ULTIMOB project. If you make use of the additional service, you are asked to fill out a short and anonymous questionnaire in which you tell us more about your experience as well as your wishes and suggestions regarding the service. In this way you make a valuable contribution to the further development of this service. The questionnaire will be handed out during the luggage handover. This program is funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection.

This is how luggage delivery to the holiday destination works:

1. Booking

Information on luggage services available at ÖBB door-to-door luggage service. Luggage delivery from door to door. If no one can collect your luggage at your destination, there is an additional service sending your luggage to a central address as described in the next step.

2. Information about addressing

If someone is at the accommodation during the day (e.g. reception), please include the address of the accommodation as the destination address when ordering luggage delivery. The luggage will be delivered directly to the accommodation. If you stay at an accommodation where no one can accept your luggage before check-in, you can take advantage of our additional service. The service is offered for overnight stays in the following holiday villages: Hochgurgl, Obergurgl, Sölden, Hochsölden, Vent, Zwieselstein, Längenfeld, Huben.

In this case, please enter the following address as the destination address when booking:
Name: ÖTZTALER Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Address: Ötztalstraße 2, A-6450 Sölden

3. Luggage collection

The luggage is first picked up by the luggage service provider of ÖBB from the specified address in the home town and brought to Austria to the destination address as stated above.

4. Receive your luggage at the holiday resort

If your luggage was not delivered directly to the accommodation, delivery can be ordered within a favorite time window of 2 hours after arrival at the holiday accommodation. You have to call the phone number +43 66488355200 between 8.00 am and 4.00 pm and give the exact address of your holiday accommodation. The luggage will then be delivered within the agreed 2 hours.

This is how luggage delivery back to your home town works:

1. Booking/Pick-up address

When booking the luggage service (see above), give the address of the accommodation as the pick-up address if someone is on site to hand over the luggage. If no one is on site, provide the central address.
Name: ÖTZTALER Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Address: Ötztalstraße 2, A-6450 Sölden

Please note the information in the next section.

2. Pick-up of luggage in your accommodation

If you use the central address, luggage pick-up can be ordered before you leave your holiday accommodation within a favorite time window of 2 hours. You have to call the phone number +43 66488355200 between 8.00 am and 4.00 pm and give the exact address of your holiday accommodation. The luggage will then be picked up there within the agreed 2 hours.

3. Luggage delivery

The luggage is picked up by the luggage service provider at the specified pick-up address (accommodation or central address) and delivered to the delivery address (home address).

Arriving by train

A train trip towards your holiday