Tips & Signs

Waiting zone

For the sake of the buses behind you, please move on from stops as soon as your passengers have alighted. Use the stops only to pick up your passengers again, and not to wait for them. Violation of regulations in force is subject to police fines.

Tow-away zone

Buses parked in an obstructive manner may be either towed away or clamped without warning, e.g. if parked in boarding or alighting zones. If the vehicle is clamped, the bus driver is advised to contact the nearest police station. If the police fine is not paid immediately, a provisional payment of € 300 may be levied. If the bus has been towed away, the driver can contact department #48 of the Vienna City Administration (Magistratsabteilung 48), Tel. (01)76043 (twenty-four hour service). For the recovery of towed away vehicles (Car lot: 11, Jedletzberger Straße 1, Highway junction A4 / exit Simmeringer Haide) the bus driver is required to present passport and vehicle documents. If tow-away costs are not paid immediately, the owner of the vehicle will receive a payment demand.

Parking rules

Please do not leave your engine running once you have parked your bus. You are not permitted to sleep in your bus in Vienna except at a camp site or on private property.

Night parking ban in Austria

Night parking ban for buses in Austria: buses may not be parked within 25 meters of housing between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. (exceptions are signposted). Your Vienna hotel can inform you where the nearest overnight parking area is located.

Access to neighbours

Access to your hotels in the 1st District (old city) in order to deliver or pick up guests is possible at all times.

For bus parking in the 1st District: See detailed plan of city centre.
Both through traffic and stopping for passenger boarding or alighting are only permitted if you have an official Tourist Guide on board. Your guide will give you a sign for your wind-screen which serves as a permit.

Short-stay parking zone (Mon.–Fri.) in districts 1 thru 9 and 20

9 a.m. – 10 p.m., max. parking time 2 hours (unless otherwise indicated)

15th district – vicinity of Stadthalle:
Sept. 1 – June 30; 6–11 p.m., max. 2 hours
Parking vouchers (“Parkscheine”), to be filled in and placed behind the windscreen, are available at tobacconists (“Tabak-Trafik”), railway stations and Vienna public transport offices. Please only park your bus within the parking line (2.5 metres from the curb), whether or not you are in a short-term zone.

Bus zone

Bus zone – no entry for buses except with valid Bus Access Card.

On 1, 8, 15, and 22 December 2012, and on special occasions.

Bus parking

A charge is made for bus parking around the inner city area and next to tourist attractions, e.g. for 40 buses.

Bus parking spaces

free of charge e.g. for 10 buses

Free waiting

at the KunstHausWien and Erdberger Lände.

Boarding and alighting point

Only for passenger boarding/alighting. Tow-away zone

Pay parking with attendant service

Buses may stop in these parking areas free of charge for up to 30 minutes to allow passengers to board or alight. It must be perfectly clear to the bus park attendant that passengers are boarding or alighting. Parking is always subject to a charge (no time tolerance).

Parking permits are available at the machines located in the parking areas. There is a zone for setting down and picking up passengers at the side of the Museum of Fine Arts. Parking is not permitted in this area.

Pedestrian precinct

Police inspection

City centre

Hospital