ÖBB Staff Complains of Lack of Emergency Training
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The competent authority will now review the concrete design of training and exercises needed to deal with emergency situations and to evacuate travellers.
For several hours, passengers had to endure in a tunnel in front of Vienna last year before the damaged train was finally evacuated – the "Krone" reported. ÖBB acknowledged mistakes and promised more emergency trainings. However, they did not say so, the staff are now denounced.
The works council sent a letter to ÖBB management.
Trade union vida calls for uniform training standards as well as regular practical exercises for train personnel in emergency situations The report in ZIB 2 yesterday, Thursday, shows that all Austrian railway companies have to become more aware of their responsibility in emergency situations. Employees report in the ORF contribution that practical training in connection with evacuations in tunnel systems is partly already several years ago and …
After the chaotic seven-hour evacuation of an ICE in the Wienerwaldtunnel in July 2025, ÖBB announced regular emergency training sessions. However, according to the works council, these do not take place sufficiently.
After problems with a train evacuation in the Wienerwaldtunnel in July 2025, the ÖBB announced regular emergency training for train staff. According to a contribution in the Ö1 morning journal, however, these are not enough. On Friday, ORF radio reported on a letter from the works council to the railway management, in which the employees point out that these trainings are not offered, or not sufficiently.
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