Overview

• The passenger grabbed the train’s exterior at Sankt Pölten during a cigarette break and banged on windows to signal crew attention
• Railjet personnel activated the emergency brake, boarded at low speed and escorted the 24-year-old into the carriage
• Police at Vienna Meidling station took the man into custody on arrival and Austrian Federal Railways launched a formal inquiry
• The unscheduled halt resulted in a seven-minute delay on the cross-border service between Zurich and Vienna
• ÖBB spokesman Herbert Hofer warned that such risky attempts endanger would-be stowaways and place rescuers in grave danger