400 passengers stuck in train freed from tunnel in Vienna
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Some 400 rail passengers were rescued from a high-speed train near Vienna after a technical fault, according to a spokesman for the Austrian railways ÖBB who spoke to the APA news agency on Saturday.
The passengers heading for Hamburg in Germany when the train came to a halt in a railway tunnel. The passengers were transferred to a replacement train. The train departed at 13:13 (1113 GMT) and the fault occurred at 13:30, the spokesman said.
The evacuation was still ongoing in the early evening.
Initially, engineers considered towing the train but eventually decided to provide a replacement train.
A spokesman for German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said in the evening that a technical fault had occurred with the train. However, he noted that the operators on the section in the neighbouring country were the Austrian Federal Railways. Passengers were stuck for hours, partly in the dark and without air conditioning, reports said.
Numerous rescue workers were deployed. There was no information about any injuries initially.
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