(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Train service between Germany and Austria resumed early Monday, operators said, after halting the connection the previous evening as part of emergency border measures imposed by Germany in a bid to stem the tide of refugees entering the country.
A Deutsche Bahn spokesman in Berlin said trains started running from 7 am (0000 GMT), except the stretch between the Austrian city of Salzburg and Munich in southern Germany, where pedestrians were walking down the track, according to the (dpa) news agency.
Austrian Federal Railways said its service to Germany had restarted but cautioned passengers to expect document checks by German authorities.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Sunday that emergency border measures were being implemented "for security reasons." "The goal is to limit the current influx of refugees to Germany and have them arrive in an orderly fashion," he said.
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