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Vienna's main rail station resumes services after evacuation over threat
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Posted on March 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
Vienna's Hauptbahnhof was evacuated due to a threat, halting trains for 90 minutes. Services have resumed, but delays and cancellations persist.
VIENNA (Reuters) -Police evacuated Vienna's main train station on Monday over an unspecified threat, halting rail traffic before giving the all clear around 90 minutes later, but national rail company OBB warned continued delays and cancellations were expected.
While the police did not describe the threat, some Austrian media said it was a bomb threat. Austria suffered a series of empty bomb threats last year that prompted the clearing of larger stations, causing delays to train traffic.
"The operation at #Hauptbahnhof Wien has been completed and the search was negative," Vienna police said on X, using the station's name in German.
During the evacuation, police sealed off a large perimeter around the station, a major rail hub with services to and from neighbouring countries including Hungary, the Czech Republic, Germany and Italy.
"Good news! Our trains are running again at Vienna main station. Please expect continued delays and train cancellations," OBB said on X.
(Reporting by Francois Murphy; editing by Mark Heinrich)
The evacuation was prompted by an unspecified threat, which some media outlets suggested was a bomb threat.
The evacuation lasted about 90 minutes before the police gave the all-clear.
Vienna police stated that the operation at Hauptbahnhof Wien was completed and the search yielded negative results.
Train services were halted during the evacuation, but OBB later announced that trains were running again, although delays and cancellations were expected.
Vienna's Hauptbahnhof serves as a major rail hub with services to and from neighboring countries including Hungary, the Czech Republic, Germany, and Italy.
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