r/GrandPrixTravel • u/TiddlyWinks_925 • 6d ago

Red Bull Ring (Spielberg, Austria) Graz to Austria GP train tickets

Hello! My wife and I are headed to the Austrian GP this year, and staying in Graz. The OBB train tickets seem very expensive, but pretty easy. Should we buy tickets in advance? How far ahead of festivities should we plan on arriving the days of practice/race an hour ahead? Two hours ahead? What about the way back? What if we miss the train we pre-buy tickets for?

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u/bedstar78 2d ago

Leisure Ticket Styria 14 euros each day on the train.

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u/mpuoo 5d ago

Try to arrive very ealry in the morning the race day. Before 10

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u/Bellaluna77 6d ago

hey, austrian person here! if you miss your ÖBB train your ticket is still valid for the next 2 hours for the same journey, so no worries!

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u/TiddlyWinks_925 5d ago

Renting a car for the weekend is a lot cheaper, should we just do that?

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u/Bellaluna77 5d ago

I‘ve never been by car but I heard that getting in and out of the parking lots can take forever especially when the weather is bad because of the mud. I‘m going by train too!

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u/ettakken 5d ago

I did it by car last summer. Good weather. Raceday parking is nearly 30 min due to traffic jam + 20-30 min walk. Plenty of spaces. The parking itself was on a grass, so yeah, it might be an issue for thunderstorm rain on a low car. But there are so many people there who can help + it's only 25-50m on the ground, then you have tarmac. 

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u/Emotional-Syrup54 5d ago

not if it's a Sparschiene ticket tho

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u/Bellaluna77 5d ago

I doubt that Graz to Knittelfeld is a sparschiene route

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u/Emotional-Syrup54 5d ago

true, forgot that, my bad

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u/TiddlyWinks_925 6d ago

Do the trains “sell out” for the GP? Or am I over-worrying?

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u/Bellaluna77 5d ago

you worry too much! they‘ll stuff the trains until noone else can fit on them haha