Annual pass & WienMobil
What the Wiener Linien annual pass (Jahreskarte) costs since 1 January 2026 (€467.00), how it is renewed or cancelled, and what the WienMobil app can do.
Straight to the point: the current price of the annual pass, how renewal and cancellation work, and the official app of Wiener Linien.
What is the Vienna annual pass?
The annual pass of Wiener Linien — in German the Jahreskarte — is the standard public transport season ticket in Vienna. It is valid for one year across the whole Vienna core zone: all five U-Bahn lines, every tram, every bus and the S-Bahn within the city limits.
It is not a stored-value or pay-as-you-go product: you never top it up and nothing is deducted per journey. You pay once (or monthly) and travel as often as you like. If you do not have an annual pass, you buy a time-based ticket — single ticket, 24-hour ticket, weekly pass or monthly pass (the 48- and 72-hour tickets were withdrawn with the 2026 fare reform). All fares are on the Tickets & prices page.
Since 1 January 2026 a new fare structure applies — and with it a new price. The famous €365 a year is no longer correct.
Image: Wiener Linien (via bizeps.or.at)
Vienna annual pass: price in 2026
The annual pass no longer costs €365
The famous “one euro a day” is history. Under the new fare structure the annual pass costs €467.00 as a one-off payment — or €461.00 if you buy it as a digital pass.
Image: Wiener Linien (via behindertenrat.at)
Is there a stored-value card in Vienna?
Vienna has no stored-value travel card
Many visitors look for a Vienna card they can top up with credit, the way an Oyster card works in London or an OV-chipkaart in the Netherlands. That card does not exist in Vienna. Wiener Linien sell time-based tickets only: you buy a journey or a period of time, never a balance in euros.
There is no check-in / check-out, no charge per kilometre and no pay-as-you-go card that can run empty. A single ticket (€3.20, digital €3.00) is valid for one journey in one direction — including every change of line.
The word “credit” appears in only one context at Wiener Linien: the remaining credit that is refunded if you cancel an annual pass early.
Physical card or digital annual pass?
Photo: bizeps.or.at · Card: Wiener Linien
Renewing and cancelling the annual pass
Buying tickets with the WienMobil app
WienMobil — the official app of Wiener Linien
The app is free. It shows real-time departures and disruptions, plans routes across the whole network, sells tickets — and it is the only place to get the digital annual pass, which is €6 cheaper. The WienMobil bike and car sharing services also run through the app.
These links go to the official app stores and to the Wiener Linien ticket shop. ubahnwien.com does not sell tickets.
Frequently asked questions about the annual pass
No. The €365 price no longer applies under the new fare structure. Since 1 January 2026 the annual pass costs €467.00 as a one-off payment, €461.00 as a digital annual pass and €506.40 if you pay in monthly instalments (€500.40 digital).
The reduced annual pass costs €300.00 a year, or €294.00 digitally. It is available to seniors aged 65 and over, as a youth annual pass for people under 26, and as the Jahreskarte Spezial for people with disabilities.
No. Vienna has no pay-as-you-go system like the Oyster card in London: you cannot top up credit and nothing is deducted per journey. Wiener Linien sell time-based tickets — single ticket, 24-hour ticket, weekly, monthly and annual passes. “Credit” at Wiener Linien only means the remaining credit refunded when an annual pass is cancelled early.
You do not have to. It renews automatically for 12 months unless you cancel it at least one month before it expires. The status and the expiry date are shown in “Meine Tickets” in the WienMobil app or in the ticket shop (shop.wienmobil.at).
An ordinary cancellation must reach Wiener Linien at least one month before the end of the term. Since 2025 an early cancellation is only possible after seven months of validity and costs a monthly fare compensation (Tarifersatzleistung); the remaining credit is refunded. Cancellations are handled by Wiener Linien.
The switch is possible between 70 and 30 days before the current annual pass expires: in the WienMobil app under Meine Tickets → Mehr → Umsteigen auf die Jahreskarte Digital. The digital version is €6 cheaper (€461.00 instead of €467.00).
In “Meine Tickets” (My tickets) — either in the WienMobil app or in the ticket shop at shop.wienmobil.at. It shows the term, the expiry date and the upcoming renewal.
In the WienMobil app, in the ticket shop shop.wienmobil.at, at the ticket machines in every U-Bahn station, at the Wiener Linien sales points and in many tobacconists (Trafik). Digital tickets are about 5 % cheaper than printed ones — a single ticket costs €3.00 instead of €3.20.
A monthly pass costs €75.00, so twelve monthly passes add up to €900 — far more than the annual pass at €467.00. If you stay in Vienna for more than about six months and use public transport regularly, the annual pass is clearly cheaper. For short visits the 24-hour ticket or the weekly pass is the better choice — the 48- and 72-hour tickets no longer exist since 2026.