 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, going to mayrhofen in a group in February but coming home early. I've never travelled in Europe on trains before and to be honest it scares the hell out of me:-o. Is it a simple journey? I believe there are two changes required. I'm worried about missing a connection or getting on a wrong train and missing my flight. Or is a shared shuttle a better option? Any advice welcomed.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Whitty, Welcome to Snowheads.
The journey is very simple. You can plan it on www.oebb.at, which is the Austrian Railways website (in English too). Note that the new timetable for 2015 is not visible until mid-December - but the timetable does not differ greatly year on year.
The usual route is 'Mayrhofen im Zillertal' to Jenbach on the local train; Jenbach to Kufstein; then Kufstein to Munich. There is usually good time (10-15 mins) to make the connections and announcements are in English as well as German. The journey takes about 3 to 3 1/2 hours. There are some direct trains from Jenbach to Munich. As you are going to Munich Airport, you should leave the Kufstein - Munich train at Munich Ost (East) station and change for the train to the airport.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Take a look here and you can book your ticket online: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query2.exe/en?ld=96252&seqnr=1&ident=g1.023542252.1411227510&rt=1&OK#focus This was the example I put in. I could not go beyond the 13th December as the timetables always change at midnight on or near 13th December each year - usually the Satday night. (the date is defaulting back to today's when I checked the link by the way.)
By using the German Railway booking site you can sometimes get cheaper prices than just going through the Austrian (ÖBB) site. Always put in the arrival time that you want for the check in rather than the departure time.
You need to get to Jenbach first where you will then pick up a mainline train. There are changes sometimes are at Rosenheim or Kufstein, but these are straightforward. The next change should be at München Ost where you pick up an S8 which takes you directly to the airport (the S-Bahn station is under the Terminals area. If you miss that, don't worry as you can pick up the same S8 at München Hauptbahnhof as well!
Depending on which day you want to make the transfer it could be quicker than by taxi and if your transfer is a non-standard day, although it may be quieter on the roads, you may have to pay full whack for the taxi.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The current (summer) timetable for the Zillertalbahn is here, the winter one will be very similar. You'll see it takes just under an hour from Mayrhofen to Jenbach, and the trains run every 30mins.
Incidentally free use of the Zillertalbahn is included on your Zillertal skipass, and is a great way of visiting the other good ski areas in the valley. I'd particularly recommend a day's trip to Kaltenbach to check out the Hochzillertal ski area. The Kaltenbach basestation lifts are only a short walk across the car parking area from the Kaltenbach station. 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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You may get a 19 euro special if you book in advance with bahn.com . As above the train is really easy and the tickets have the platform numbers on and the rail staff will speak English.
If not the the shared transfer with 4seasons is similar money. https://www.tirol-taxi.at. They pick you up and take you to the airport. Maybe a stop in the valley but a relatively quick service. If you are going at a peak time though, again as mentioned above, probably safer to use train as traffic can be an issue
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Alastair Pink, always a good idea to compare prices with the Deutschebahn site (which I linked in my previous post) as they often come out considerably cheaper! On this particular comparison for example ÖBB were quoting more for the ticket just from Jenbach. The cost from Mayrhofen was not included, whereas on the DBB it was. I know the train is not too expensive but it is nice to get the whole price in one go. If the ski pass does not include the travelling day, you will need to factor in that cost as well. Just for your future reference so to speak as well as I know you come into Munich quite often in the season! 
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Samerberg Sue, Thanks, yes I was dimly aware that DB is sometimes cheaper than OBB, but you've just reinforced that. 
Whitty, if you do buy an online ticket you print out the eticket but in addition to that for the journey you'll need to show the ticket inspector the credit/debit card you used to make the online payment, and photo ID (passport).
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^^the exact card (even if it's expired or a new one with a new number). Although my experience is the Austrian ticket guy won't care about that - only the German one (they do a crew change at the border).
Think it's usually mid-late October that the new timetable from December onward is published.
bahn.de has always been cheaper for me than oebb.at and sbb.ch when doing cross border trains.
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Thankyou for your responses. Makes me feel more confident about it. I had also found the same when trying to look so far in advance. Really looking forward to it, 3rd visit to mayrhofen 
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