https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A new night train is allowing holidaymakers to travel between the North Sea island of Sylt and the Alpine city of Salzburg. https://www.thelocal.at/20200705/new-night-train-takes-tourists-from-beaches-to-ski-resorts Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:53:47 +0200 new-night-train-takes-tourists-from-beaches-to-ski-resorts Starting on Tuesday, a new train service will connect Berlin and Dresden with Prague, Vienna and Graz, restoring the historic 'Vindobona' service. https://www.thelocal.at/20200615/new-train-line-to-connect-berlin-with-prague-and-vienna Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:50:50 +0200 new-train-line-to-connect-berlin-with-prague-and-vienna Up to 40 people were injured, most of them lightly, when two train carriages collided in the Austrian city of Salzburg on Friday, rescuers and the rail company said. https://www.thelocal.at/20180420/dozens-injured-in-train-accident-in-austria Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:48:19 +0200 dozens-injured-in-train-accident-in-austria Two regional trains collided late Friday near Vienna, knocking two carriages over and hurting eight people, none of them seriously, officials said. https://www.thelocal.at/20171223/regional-trains-collide-in-austria-8-injured Sat, 23 Dec 2017 12:41:49 +0100 regional-trains-collide-in-austria-8-injured Two railway maintenance workers died and three others were injured in an overnight accident that temporarily closed a ten-kilometre (six-mile) section of Italy's main rail line to Austria. https://www.thelocal.at/20170426/two-dead-after-crash-on-italy-austria-rail-ine Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:06:49 +0200 two-dead-after-crash-on-italy-austria-rail-ine A 48-year-old man from Edinburgh was tragically hit and killed by an Austrian Intercity train as he waited on the platform at Grillgasse station in Vienna’s Simmering district. https://www.thelocal.at/20170224/scottish-man-killed-by-high-speed-train-in-vienna Fri, 24 Feb 2017 11:33:28 +0100 scottish-man-killed-by-high-speed-train-in-vienna A fire rescue team from Parndorf freed a horse from being trapped on a railway crossing on Saturday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.at/20161218/horse-freed-from-rail-crossing Sun, 18 Dec 2016 13:14:16 +0100 horse-freed-from-rail-crossing Friday morning saw a low-speed collision of two U4 trains in Vienna, with fortunately no injuries. https://www.thelocal.at/20161203/u4-trains-collide-without-injuries Sun, 04 Dec 2016 00:49:09 +0100 u4-trains-collide-without-injuries Two suspected migrants were killed Saturday and a third was seriously injured in an accident as they hid in a cargo train from Italy to Austria, police said. https://www.thelocal.at/20161203/suspected-migrants-crushed-in-train-accident Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:21:46 +0100 suspected-migrants-crushed-in-train-accident A young man from Austria had trouble distinguishing between two not so similar place names after a weekend at Munich's famous beer festival - and ended up in the wrong country. https://www.thelocal.at/20161005/wrzburg-salzburg-after-oktoberfest-its-all-the-same Wed, 05 Oct 2016 12:59:56 +0200 wrzburg-salzburg-after-oktoberfest-its-all-the-same A high speed train crash was narrowly avoided after a quick-thinking passer-by spotted a car abandoned on the railway tracks and managed to alert the driver with hand signals just seconds before it hit. https://www.thelocal.at/20160425/high-speed-train-crash-narrowly-avoided-in-austria Mon, 25 Apr 2016 13:05:59 +0200 high-speed-train-crash-narrowly-avoided-in-austria A 17-year-old refugee from Egypt leapt to his death from a train outside Munich on Friday morning after police found him carrying an Austrian deportation order. https://www.thelocal.at/20160311/refugee-jumps-to-death-from-moving-train-near-munich Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:21:49 +0100 refugee-jumps-to-death-from-moving-train-near-munich A 17-year-old girl has died after the car she was travelling in was hit by an oncoming train at a level crossing in Styria on Wednesday evening. The 20-year-old driver of the car survived with serious injuries. https://www.thelocal.at/20151015/teenager-killed-in-tragic-train-collision Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:08:08 +0200 teenager-killed-in-tragic-train-collision According to police five people were killed when their vehicle was hit by a train at a level crossing 80km west of Vienna on Friday. https://www.thelocal.at/20150523/train-tragedy-leaves-five-dead-in-purgstall Sat, 23 May 2015 20:14:04 +0200 train-tragedy-leaves-five-dead-in-purgstall Vienna's Schwechat airport now offers yet another way to reach the city, and vice versa, with the launch of a new service from the Austrian railways (ÖBB). https://www.thelocal.at/20141203/new-low-cost-train-service-for-vienna-airport Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:12:00 +0100 new-low-cost-train-service-for-vienna-airport With the end of daylight saving time for the year this weekend, railway clocks will be paused for one hour, starting at 3am. https://www.thelocal.at/20141024/night-trains-to-pause-for-an-hour-on-sunday-morning Fri, 24 Oct 2014 23:01:00 +0200 night-trains-to-pause-for-an-hour-on-sunday-morning A 54-year-old Austrian man needed to get to Hamburg in a hurry, so he hopped on a train. Unfortunately, it was a freight train, and he was riding between two wagons. https://www.thelocal.at/20140912/austrian-hobo-rides-the-rails-to-hamburg Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:07:00 +0200 austrian-hobo-rides-the-rails-to-hamburg A Salzburg man who was too late to catch his train decided to travel on it anyway, riding on a step outside the passenger carriage. https://www.thelocal.at/20140807/late-for-train-led-to-dangerous-ride Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:55:00 +0200 late-for-train-led-to-dangerous-ride Thirty-five people were injured, four of them seriously, when a passenger train collided with a freight train late Friday near Mannheim station in southern Germany, the operator Deutsche Bahn said. https://www.thelocal.at/20140802/train-accident-injures-35-people Sat, 02 Aug 2014 10:31:00 +0200 train-accident-injures-35-people The mother of a dead baby found inside a rubbish bin in the toilet of an Austrian train heading for Munich was released on bail in June. https://www.thelocal.at/20140702/train-baby-mama-released-on-bail Wed, 02 Jul 2014 20:44:00 +0200 train-baby-mama-released-on-bail