The prices for the KlimaTicket OÖ will be adjusted as of 1 January 2026. The measure is in line with the nationwide value protection of the KlimaTicket Österreich and serves the sustainable financing, maintenance and further expansion of public transport in Upper Austria. From 1 January 2026, the KlimaTicket OÖ Regional will therefore cost EUR 467 (previously EUR 393) and the KlimaTicket OÖ Total EUR 703 (previously EUR 592).
Local and regional public transport is not profit-orientated. The costs of public transport services can only be covered to a small extent by the proceeds from ticket sales. The main burden of financing is borne by the local authorities. Fare adjustments are therefore not made in order to generate profits, but to secure the financing of the service.
The adjustment of prices for the regional KlimaTicket OÖ variants is planned to the same extent as is the case for KlimaTicket Österreich due to the legal regulation. The adjustment is based on the consumer price index (CPI). From 1 January 2026, the prices of all KlimaTicket OÖ variants will therefore increase by 18.71 per cent. This value protection is a necessary step to ensure the quality of the timetable offer in the long term and to maintain the existing level of service in public transport in the long term. With this measure, the ticket price will be adjusted to the inflationary trend of recent years. This step is essential in view of the tight budgetary conditions.
This is only the second price increase since its introduction in 2021. The core zone surcharges for the use of urban transport in Linz, Wels and Steyr were even reduced in 2023. With the new pricing structure, customers still get a lot of mobility options for little money. Before the KlimaTicket OÖ was introduced, there were no annual network passes (except for schoolchildren and apprentices) and commuters mainly used route-based OÖVV annual passes for their daily journeys.
Since 2025, zone and route-based annual and semester travelcards have no longer been offered. The reason for this is the lack of demand, which has fallen significantly with the introduction of the KlimaTicket OÖ. The KlimaTicket OÖ offers a much more attractive price-performance ratio, replacing the previous ticket models in an efficient and customer-friendly manner. An average, route-based OÖVV annual ticket would cost significantly more today - taking indexation into account - than a KlimaTicket OÖ - Regional, which allows passengers to use the entire network of the Upper Austrian Transport Association, with the exception of city transport services in Linz, Wels and Steyr.
Examples based on 2026 prices:
- Route-based OÖVV annual ticket for the Rohrbach-Linz route (9 zones): EUR 1,425 - savings of EUR 958 thanks to KlimaTicket OÖ Regional.
- Route-based OÖVV annual pass for the Vöcklabruck-Linz route incl. Linz core zone surcharge (12 zones): €1,912 - €1,279 savings with KlimaTicket OÖ Regional + Linz.
- Route-related OÖVV annual pass for the Eferding-Linz route + Linz core zone surcharge (5 zones): €1,207 - €574 savings with KlimaTicket OÖ Regional + Linz.
- Route-related OÖVV annual ticket for the Pregarten-Linz route (5 zones): 876 euros - 409 euros savings with KlimaTicket OÖ Regional.
More than 40,000 satisfied customers
The introduction of the KlimaTicket OÖ was an important step towards the mobility transition and has simplified access to public transport for the people of Upper Austria. The KlimaTicket OÖ has become an indispensable part of everyday life for many Upper Austrians. It convinces with an attractive price-performance ratio and offers a particularly high level of convenience when using it due to the elimination of complex fare structures. More than 40,000 satisfied customers in Upper Austria confirm that we are on the right track. However, in order to promote the switch to public transport in the long term, more than a simple and favourable tariff model is needed. A well-developed, needs-orientated timetable is even more important in this respect than the price of tickets.
The continuous expansion of public transport services not only promotes the mobility transition, but should also convince even more people of the benefits of public transport in the future - convenient, climate-friendly and suitable for everyday use.
"Especially in times of tight budgets, it is therefore essential to adjust fares in order to maintain public transport in Upper Austria at the usual level of quality and to optimise and further expand existing services. In this respect, income from ticket sales is of course also important, although it only plays a minor role in the financing of public transport services. Only around 10 per cent of the total costs of regional public transport are generated by income from ticket sales," says Klaus Wimmer, Managing Director of OÖ Verkehrsverbund Gesellschaft, explaining the necessity of the price adjustment.
New prices from 2026
Prices for the KlimaTicket OÖ will increase by an average of 18.71 per cent from 1 January 2026. This is only the second price adjustment since the KlimaTicket OÖ was introduced in 2021. Customers who purchase a KlimaTicket OÖ before 1 January 2026 will still receive it at the old price. The monthly instalments for existing customers with an active KlimaTicket OÖ will remain the same until it expires. The new prices at a glance:
Communication and information
All existing customers whose KlimaTicket OÖ expires in December will be informed of the fare adjustments in good time.
Digitalisation and customer service
Since 1 September 2025, the KlimaTicket OÖ has also been available digitally via the OÖVV ticket app. This makes buying tickets even easier and more flexible. The app also offers best price suggestions and makes it possible to carry the KlimaTicket OÖ directly on your smartphone.
General fare adjustments at a glance
As is the case every year, the general fares for regional public transport, the core zone surcharges and the core zone fares will also be adjusted in 2026. The sole purpose of this is to cover the increased costs of the transport companies commissioned to provide the service and thus to secure the financing of the service.
Regional transport
OÖVV is increasing its ticket prices for regional transport, i.e. for regional buses, small city transport services (excluding Linz, Wels and Steyr) and regional and local trains, by an average of around 6.7 (exactly 6.68) per cent in line with inflation in recent years. This fare increase is the result of a cumulative indexation, which is made up of the collective wage index for bus companies and the general consumer price index (CPI). Inflation is analysed over a longer period of time and included in the recalculation of fares. This is important so that the increased costs incurred by the transport companies for the provision of services can be covered and serves to ensure the reliable operation of public transport.
The smallest currency unit used in OÖVV, 10 cents, can result in higher or lower percentage values in some cases, especially for low ticket prices.
Core zone surcharges
When travelling from a regional zone to one of the three cities of Linz, Wels or Steyr, passengers can extend the validity of their ticket to include use of the desired core zone. In this case, there is a corresponding surcharge when calculating the fare. The core zone surcharge in Linz, Wels and Steyr for single tickets for children and people with disabilities increases by 10 cents. There will also be an increase of 10 cents for single tickets at full and reduced fares. Day tickets will see an increase of 20 cents. For season tickets, i.e. weekly and monthly tickets, there will be an average price increase of around 6.86 per cent for additional use of the Linz, Wels and Steyr core zones.
Core zone fares
The core zone fares, i.e. the prices for tickets within a core zone, will increase by an average of 6.54 per cent for weekly and monthly tickets in Linz from 1 January 2026. The prices for single tickets and day passes will rise by an average of 6.67 per cent in Linz. In Wels they will rise by 7.51 per cent and in Steyr by 5.29 per cent. Prices for weekly and monthly tickets will increase by an average of 6.54 per cent in all three cities. The price of city annual network tickets for Linz and Wels will increase by 18.71 per cent. The price of the municipal annual network ticket in Steyr remains unchanged.