ÖBB
Ranked 3 of 7 train services by recommenders
Recommended for a coordinated national rail network across Austria's states, with cheap fares when booked early. Single tickets without subscriptions or discounts are often considered costly.
Recommended for a coordinated national rail network across Austria's states, with cheap fares when booked early. Single tickets without subscriptions or discounts are often considered costly.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 73%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Single tickets costly without discounts
“single tickets on Austrian ÖBB is not cheap at all without subscriptions or discounts”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Koralm Railway” “For example České dráhy does, OeBB doesn't, and is much cheaper to boot”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “A field manual for Deutsche Bahn” “Vienna to Budapest by train cost a lot when booking via öbb.”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Koralm Railway”
Other train services people recommend
The four most recommended other train services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amtrak | 25 | 20 | 56% | 6 | — | — |
| SBB | 11 | 2 | 85% | 6 | — | Approved |
| ÖBBThis page | 8 | 3 | 73% | 5 | — | — |
| SNCF TGV | 6 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) | 5 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“bb wins out by sheer expansiveness of ecosystem”
“which has much better agent integration compared to GT”
“It looks really cool, but I can also see one potential downside of the "era of personalized software" emerging here.”
“Definitely onto something here.”
“Man and I thought `bb` was impressive!”
“For example České dráhy does, OeBB doesn't, and is much cheaper to boot”
“way better than digging through MSDN every time”
“Austria manages to coordinate a wonderful federal train system across nine federal states without issues via the ÖBB”
“which I use with little sense of a lack of quality”
“can be cheap when you book early”
“Trains in Austria are quite slow , often travelling at the same speed as cars on the highway”
“single tickets on Austrian ÖBB is not cheap at all without subscriptions or discounts”
“Vienna to Budapest by train cost a lot when booking via öbb.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.