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We are looking to go from Vienna to Durnstein and then Munich.  Anyone know anything about a sparscheinne(sp?) fare from Vienna to Munich and how this applies to stopping in Durnstein?  Should we return to Vienna after Durnstein and then to Munich?   Is there a discount from Vienna to Durnstein one way or return? Any suggestions?
Thanks!
 

In most cases of usage of the discounted tickets (including SparSchiene from Austria to Germany) passengers can not interrupt their journey (unless ticket is issued for multiple leg journey, in such case waiting time is minimal and all the legs(=specific trains) must be listed on the ticket)
Unfortunately, but in your case you will have to buy two separate tickets - full fare for Vienna-Durnstein (15.7 euro) and discounted Durnstein-Munich (from 29 euro, purchase in advance here - https://ticket.oebb.at/bin/frame_ticket.pl?ticket=jticket.pl&LANG=EN).

But in case you plan to travel with somebody or/and plan to make a trip Vienna-Durnstein-Munich in one day, then you might consider better option - Einfach-Raus-Ticket (special group pass, allows up to 5 passengers to travel the whole day long on any regional trains* in Austria, more info - http://www.oebb.at/pv/en/Travelling_cheaper/Groups/Einfach-Raus-Ticket/index.jsp). It cost 28 euro, thus it makes sense instead of 2 full fare tickets Vienna-Durnstein. If the trip is done in one day, then you can easily use same Einfach-Raus-Ticket till Salzburg. There you buy Bavaria group ticket and continue to Munich.
Purchase of Einfach-Raus-Ticket and Bavaria ticket doesn't require any advance booking, so such combination of group tickets can be used any time. While Sparschiene tickets have limited availability and in order to ensure purchase of 29 euro ticket you will need to book quite long time before the journey.

* Vienna-Krems-Durnstein route is served only by regional trains, so Einfach-Raus-Ticket is valid for such trips.

So we have decided to go from Budapest to Vienna then Durnstein.  The question now is  which is easier Wein-Meidling or Wien-franz-josefs to get to Durnstein?

It will be much easier from Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, because it is from there run trains in direction of Krems and Durnstein. And anyway Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof is not that far from the city center (comparing to Wien-Meidling), so you can even take a walk there.