(ANSAmed) - BOLZANO, MARCH 29 - Austria will check all trains
at the Brenner pass in the Brennersee train station, where a
special platform will be set up to prevent the slowing down of
international traffic.
The announcement was made by Tyrol Governor Günther Platter.
The situation at the Italian-Austrian border crossing is at the
moment "relatively calm thanks to current checks and good
collaboration with Italian and German authorities."
In case of need, the barrier "can be activated at any time",
Platter said.
The works in the Brennersee station, which is near the border
with Austria, will cost a total of about a million euros. One
third is expected to be paid by the OEBB Austrian railways,
Platter announced. The new platform in Brennersee is expected to
lighten the burden on the Brennero and Innsbruck stations, where
checks are currently conducted.
"We must be vigilant," the governor of Tyrol was quoted by
APA as saying, in reference to the growing number of arrivals in
Italy.
"Fortunately," he added, "we have the tool" of border
management, meaning tight control at the border crossing.
(ANSAmed).
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