Must be completed by the transport authority

ORDER FORM FOR A SEMESTER CARD 4020 , Volksgartenstraße 22 Please cross where applicable. Telefon 0810 / 24 0810 Fax 0732 / 60 68 88 [email protected] www.ooevv.at

CARDHOLDER

☐Mr ☐Mrs Date of birth First name Last name Postcode Town/city Street/no. E-Mail Tel. Matriculation no. University/college

I HEREBY ORDER A SEMESTER CARD FOR 5 MONTHS

☐Winter semester ☐Summer semester ☐effective from …………………………… ☐effective from …………………………… (not possible before 1st of September!) (not possible before 1st of February!) From (starting point) Via Via To (destination) Transport company The semester card is valid in the following additional core zones (separate surcharge applies) ☐Linz ☐Wels ☐

I WILL PAY THE AMOUNT

☐cash in advance ☐by transfer form

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR A CONCESSION CARD o Certificate of registration o Enrolment confirmation (may be handed in at a later date) o Passport photo

The semester card is funded by the Land of Upper and the federal government. Refunds shall not be given. Please complete the order form in full, observing the information on the back of the form, and return it to us.

I declare my agreement to the terms of contract on the back of this form. The terms and conditions of carriage of the Upper Austrian transport authority (OÖVV) are also valid.

Place, date Signature of the purchaser

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE FOR THE UPPER AUSTRIAN TRAFFIC AUTHORITY (OÖVV) SEMESTER CARD

Semester cards for students using regional public transport, except for those living and studying in one of the three core zones Linz, Wels or Steyr, are issued exclusively by the OÖVV-Kundencenter, Volksgartenstraße 22, 4020 Linz. Semester cards for students living and studying in the core zone Linz are issued by the Linz AG customer centre and cards for students living and studying in the core zone Steyr are issued by the Steyr municipality customer office. Semester cards are not currently issued for students living and studying in the core zone of Wels.

1. VALIDITY PERIOD AND SCOPE OF APPLICATION

The validity period of a semester card shall be 5 months. Semester cards, possibly in conjunction with a core zone surcharge, shall be valid as network travel cards in the respective starting and destination zones. In areas between these zones, semester cards shall be valid as zone tickets which are used to travel between the starting and destination zones for the route given on the semester card (regular route). As well as the route stated on the semester card, any route may be used if the starting point and destination are the same as those written on the semester ticket and the route does not travel through more zones than the number stated on the ticket. A journey stopover shall not be permitted here. Semester cards shall not be transferable. In order to calculate the ticket price of a semester card for students using regional transport, the ticket price of a relevant monthly card shall be taken and multiplied by four. This ticket price shall then be reduced by 40%. A reduction on core zone surcharges shall not be applied. The reduction shall be borne by and the federal government.

2. ELIGIBILITY

Students have the right to a semester card within the meaning of §3 of the Austrian Student Support Act (Studienförderungsgesetz) in accordance with the following conditions: o Resident and student in Upper Austria o Less than 26 years old A certificate of registration and the enrolment confirmation shall be required. A passport photo must also be attached to the application form. Original documents must be shown!

3. ORDER

A semester card for regional public transport may be ordered by sending or submitting an order form directly to the OÖVV- Kundencenter, Volksgartenstraße 22, 4020 Linz. Order forms may be found at the OÖVVKundencenter or at www.ooevv.at.

4. PAYMENT

Payment shall be made in cash or by cash transfer using a transfer form (a copy of the transfer must be submitted).

5. ISSUING

Semester cards for regional public transport shall be issued directly in the OÖVV-Kundencenter. The aforementioned documentation must be produced alongside proof of payment for a semester card to be issued.

6. LOSS OF SEMESTER CARD, REGULATIONS CONCERNING ILLNESS, ABSENCE, ETC.

If a semester card has been lost, a new semester card shall be issued on presentation of an official notice of loss and payment of the fee prescribed in the tariff regulations. Validity times during which the card has not been used due to illness, absence, etc. may not be compensated! Semester cards may not be returned!

7. REGULATIONS CONCERNING CORE ZONES

When travelling to and from a regional zone, passengers using a semester card may only change in the core zones of Linz, Wels and Steyr if the relevant core zone surcharge was paid for this purpose. With this surcharge, semester cards may be used as a network travel ticket in the respective core zones. It is possible to change trains within the core zones without paying a core zone charge. When travelling to and from a regional zone, ticket price calculations shall count the core zone of Linz as two zones and the core zones of Wels and Steyr as one zone. Changing within the core zones shall therefore be permitted in the direction of travel.

YOUR OÖVV-KUNDENCENTER WISHES YOU A GOOD JOURNEY ACROSS THE WHOLE ROUTE