Overview

• The 52-year-old father stepped off the Regionalzug at Füssen to smoke and inadvertently missed its departure, leaving his 11-year-old son and their luggage aboard.
• He immediately notified local police, prompting a federal police alert and a coordinated search effort.
• Officers reached the boy by phone after about 30 minutes of travel and instructed him to disembark at Lengenwang station.
• A police patrol then transported the unharmed but shaken child back to his father in Füssen.
• The episode underscores recurring challenges in managing passenger conduct and enforcing safety measures on Deutsche Bahn’s network.