Austrian Railways Suspends Hungary Services Due to Migrants

Austrian Railways on Thursday suspended services to Hungary as it struggled to cope with large numbers of migrants arriving from over the border.

"Because of the massive overcrowding of trains coming from Hungary, OeBB has to suspend train services to Hungary temporarily," the company said in a statement.

The suspension covers both Railjet intercity trains between Vienna and Budapest and regional cross-border services, it said.

It also called on volunteers and bus companies to stop bringing people to train stations.

"The flow (of people)... and the large numbers of people waiting at stations to travel onwards has outstripped available capacities since this morning," OeBB said.

The announcement came after several thousand people crossed the border from Hungary overnight, many of whom were then taken to stations in Vienna to board trains to Germany.