• ©© NÖW/Robert Herbst

Car-free to the hiking paradise on the Rax

Getting here by train, bus and cable car is so easy

If you want to get to the Rax, you don't need a car. Travelling by public transport is uncomplicated, fast and convenient. It takes around 90 minutes from Vienna directly to the valley station and then 8 minutes from the valley to the plateau.

  • From Vienna or Graz by train to Payerbach-Reichenau railway station
  • From Payerbach-Reichenau railway station to the valley station of the Rax cable car: public bus (341) or individually with theRUFbus Semmering-Rax (stop RE26) daily from 08:30 to 18:00
  • Take the cable car to the high plateau in just 8 minutes

"ÖBB Plus" combined ticket

With the "ÖBB Plus" combined ticket" save money - if you book the journey on the Rax cable car at the same time as your ÖBB ticket, you will not only enjoy a fantastic trip over mountain and valley, but also save money.

©© Niederösterreich Werbung/Martin Matula

Car-free hikes on the Rax

  • ©Niederösterreich Werbung/Robert Herbst.
    • DifficultyDifficult
    • Distance12,43 km

    Hut hopping on the Raxalpe (Variant 1b)

    Hiking tour Starting from Hirschwang an der Rax, valley station Rax cable car
  • ©Niederösterreich Werbung/Franziska Consolati
    • DifficultyDifficult
    • Distance17,97 km

    Hut hopping on the Raxalpe (Variant 3)

    Hiking tour Starting from Preiner Gscheid
  • ©Niederösterreich Werbung/Robert Herbst
    • DifficultyEasy
    • Distance5,98 km

    Rax Views route

    Hiking tour Starting from Hirschwang an der Rax, valley station Rax cable car
  • ©Unknown
    • DifficultyModerate
    • Distance4,71 km

    Hike to Jakobskogel (Rax)

    Hiking tour Starting from Mountain station Rax cable car
  • ©Niederösterreich Werbung/Robert Herbst
    • DifficultyDifficult
    • Distance15,29 km

    Hut-hopping on the Raxalpe (Variant 1)

    Hiking tour Starting from Hirschwang an der Rax, Rax cable car valley station
  • ©Martin Matula
    • DifficultyDifficult
    • Distance6,32 km

    Törlweg Hirschwang-Ottohaus

    Hiking tour Starting from Hirschwang an der Rax
  • ©Martin Matula
    • DifficultyModerate
    • Distance11,29 km

    Hut hopping on the Raxalpe (Variant 1c)

    Hiking tour Starting from Hirschwang an der Rax, valley station Rax cable car
  • ©Niederösterreich Werbung/Stefan Mayerhofer
    • DifficultyModerate
    • Distance10,90 km

    Hut hopping on the Raxalpe (variant 2)

    Hiking tour Starting from Hirschwang an der Rax, valley station Rax cable car

7Refreshment tips on the Rax

  • Vienna Alps Arch Stage: 11 Waxriegelhaus
    ©Niederösterreich Werbung/Franziska Consolati
  • Vienna Alps in Lower Austria, mountain hut, Habsburghaus, Rax
    ©Niederösterreich Werbung/Joel Eggimann
  • Winter, snow, Rax, mountain inn, Ottohaus, Vienna Alps
    ©Niederösterreich Werbung/Sebastian Scheichl
  • ©Richard Waidhofer
  • Karl Ludwig Haus, Rax, mountain hut, Semmering Rax region, Vienna Alps in Lower Austria
    ©Wiener Alpen/Bene Croy
  • Mountain Advent Rax, Advent, Raxalm summit station, winter, Rax cable car, Semmering-Rax region, Vienna Alps in Lower Austria
    ©Wiener Alpen/Christian Kremsl