locale vienna austria termini vienna airport wien mitte website https www.cityairporttrain.com en home operation opened 2002 owner city air terminal betriebsgesellschaft m.b.h technical line length 19 kilometers 12 mi track gauge 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gauge the city airport train cat is an express train that connects vienna international airport and the vienna city center wien mitte railway station in 16 minutes without intermediate stops . contents 1 basic facts 2 departure stations 3 services 4 tickets 5 environment 6 references 7 external links basic facts edit interior of the train the city air terminal betriebsgesellschaft m.b.h. owned 50.1 % by vienna airport and 49.9 % by austrian federal railways was founded in 2002 to operate the express train service . trains run between the airport and wien mitte train station daily every half hour from 05 36 am to 23 39 pm . for the approximately 20 kilometer route the cat requires 16 minutes without intermediate stops . in the fiscal year 2015 1.4 million passengers were transported representing an increase of 6 % compared to 2014 . 1 departure stations edit at the airport as well as at wien mitte the cat departs from specially designated platforms . in vienna the departure point called city air terminal is located on the ground floor of the shopping center wien mitte the mall . services edit passengers can already check in their baggage at the city air terminal at the railway station wien mitte and get their boarding passes . the city air terminal offers all the services of an international airport terminal with both manned check in desks and self service check in kiosks . this service is available from 24 hours until 75 minutes before departure . airlines that offer check in include austrian air berlin fly niki lufthansa and swiss . the cat offers particularly wide aisles ample luggage space and tv screens on the train providing visitors with information about vienna . a variety of german and english newspapers and magazines are available free of charge on the train and in the stations . tickets may already be booked on the internet at www.cityairporttrain.com or at the cat ticket machines at the city air terminal at wien mitte and the vienna airport . the c club is the customer club of the city airport train . c club members earn c points that can be redeemed for rewards . membership is free . tickets edit tickets can be bought at both destinations at the cat counters and the ticket vending machines on the train with additional charges or online in advance . for the onward travel in vienna a combined ticket can be purchased . ticket prices are 12 single and 19 return online prices are 11 and 17 . children under the age of 15 travel for free . environment edit the cat is powered by zero emission traction current from 100 % renewable energy 92 % hydro 8 % wind power . references edit cat press release external links edit media related to city airport train at wikimedia commons official website this european rapid transit related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about transport in austria is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title city airport train & oldid 741249536 categories airport rail linksrapid transit in austriatransport in viennas bahn in austriaeuropean rapid transit stubsaustria transport stubshidden categories articles that mention track gauge 1435 mmcommons category with local link same as on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages danskdeutschespa olfran aisitalianomagyarnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 09 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view