Travel in trains due to recent migrant crisis in Europe?

9/15/2015 2:14:57 PM

As far as I know, trains from Hungary to Austria are still cancelled (as od Sept. 15, 16:00 local time).
You can check your connection at oebb.at.

The situation might change any minute.

There are many refugees at train stations in Vienna, so trains to Germany might be full, especially should Germany decide to stop the controlls at the border.

I would recommend flying if you can manage.

From the Austrian train company’s homepage (oebb.at):

ÖBB müssen Zugverkehr nach Ungarn über Hegyeshalom vorübergehend wegen
Überlastung einstellen. […]
Eingestellt sind die
Railjet/EuroCity- und die EuroNight-Verbindungen auf der Strecke Wien
– Budapest sowie die grenzüberschreitenden Regionalzüge.

Which I would translate as

The OEBB have to cancal all trains from Hungary via Hegyeshalom because of >too many people wanting to travel. […] Cancelled are Railjet/EuroCity- and EuroNight- connections on the way from Vienna to Budapest and regional trains that cross the border.

9/15/2015 1:33:13 PM

I live in Germany, near the Austrian border and for business and leisure I often travel to Italy, Austria, or simply along the Austrian border.
Yes, it is true that there are controls, but most of what I’ve seen happens on the highways (autobahn). Trucks are stopped and checked (there are also border controls in the German territory and not only at the border).
On the trains the situation is obviously different, but the police makes a lot of effort to control everything and ensure the security of the people. I’ve seen more than once a train blocked to ensure a full passport-check with at least 4 policemen entering each car.
I also saw often refugees at the station gathered by police (and sent to registration offices I guess).
Even if the presence of the police makes me feel at ease and secure, I would not say that refugees represent a security issue, that should be clear.
If by “safe” you meant instead “will I lose my money if I buy a ticket”, I’d say that you most probably wouldn’t (since normally if a train gets canceled you get a refund or they find you an alternative route).
What you may be most concerned of are delays. A lot of trains coming this way experience delays of at least 30 minutes due to border/police controls. That was before the chaos of the last 2 days.

I am sorry that I cannot give more advice on the Austrian territory, but I don’t know more than what the news tell me.

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