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Police are evacuating Vienna’s main train station over an unspecified threat and rail traffic has been halted, the Austrian capital’s police and national rail company OBB has said.
While the police did not describe the threat, tabloid newspaper Heute 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.
“A large police operation is underway at Vienna’s main station. After an incoming threat, the station is being evacuated,” police said on X, urging the public to avoid any unnecessary trips to the station, a major rail hub.
The police later said that other forms of public transport through the station had been halted. The station is also a hub for underground, tram and bus transport.
Screens in the main station displayed “Please leave the building immediately! ALARM”, according to local media outlets.
The OBB app states that no journeys are expected to be possible until at least 6pm local time, an Austrian daily Der Standard reported.
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