A state of emergency prevails in the Altes Landgut station around home games of Wiener Austria. That doesn’t go over well.
The Bundesliga season is coming to an end. The tension is already outside. Salzburg is champion again – and at least for Viennese clubs almost more importantly – Wiener Austria is better placed than Rapid. Apparently, other pathogens must be found in this voltage vacuum. Because in the past week, complaints about escalator closures after home games of Austria have increased. Because shortly before and long after the end of the game, the downward escalators to the subway in the station are shut down. Then you can only go down on foot or in the elevator – and security is also posted in front of the elevator.”People have already lost fingers””I wanted to use the elevator with my two children. The employee turned us away. My children and I are too young for the elevator and we should use the stairs,” said an angry Austria fan. The gentleman then complained to the Wiener Linien. “Then I was told that it was a safety measure, since so many people had already fallen down and got their hands caught and lost fingers,” said the public transport driver. No information on limbs “Krone” wanted it exactly know and also asked Wiener Linien. When asked how many limbs are lost on the escalators each year, there was no information. However, a spokeswoman confirms: “In order to minimize the risk of injury in crowds, escalators are temporarily stopped when there are large numbers of passengers. This is done in close coordination with the police.” But there is always a lift – if you can get past the bouncer…
