Vienna New Year's Eve Trail 2024/25: High Security Measures Announced
The organizer, Stadt Wien Marketing, emphasizes that it has been "in intensive exchange with all relevant authorities" for months. Once again, comprehensive video surveillance will be used at the Vienna New Year's Eve Trail. This is analyzed in real time and provides insights into the behavior of the crowds, among other things.
Checks at Vienna New Year's Eve Trail 2024/25
A total of eight locations are available to start the New Year on the New Year's Eve Trail: Starting from Rathausplatz, the trail extends over Freyung, Am Hof square, Graben, Stephansplatz and Kärntner Straße, finally ending at Neuer Markt. Outside the city, the winter market at Riesenradplatz in Prater is a good place to slide into the new year, it was announced on Sunday in a press release. On New Year's Eve, the police, fire brigade, ambulance service and organizer cooperate in a joint security and operations center. There, all information comes together and can be exchanged "seamlessly".
Vienna New Year's Eve Trail 2024/25: Sound System and Info Displays
The entire event area of the city center has a sound system that can inform visitors about a variety of scenarios and, for example, redirect them should individual areas reach their capacity. Numerous digital info displays, which can be used to spread various information, support the organizer in communicating with the guests. The organizer provides well over 400 security personnel on New Year's Eve. In addition to other security-related tasks, their duties include controlling the carrying of prohibited items. A site order applies to the entire event area, and it is not permitted to bring along glass containers, bottles, cans or bulky items such as large bags, backpacks, bicycles, skateboards, scooters or similar.
Bag Checks and Ambulance Stations at Vienna New Year's Eve Trail 2024/25
"Of course, the site rules include a ban on weapons of any kind and objects that can be used as weapons or projectiles. Pyrotechnic objects are also not allowed to be brought onto the site," emphasized the organizer, who is authorized to carry out bag checks at the entrances and on the site at any time. The Samaritan Federation has 50 rescue and emergency paramedics and six emergency doctors on duty, as announced on Sunday. For quick transport, seven ambulances and two emergency doctor vehicles of the Samaritan Federation are available until the end of the event at 2.00 am. In addition, four ambulance stations will be set up at central locations - Stephansplatz, Neuer Markt, Am Hof and Rathausplatz - as contact points for sick or injured people.
Vienna New Year's Eve Trail 2024/25: Advanced Security Barriers at All Access Points
With 40 advanced security barriers in the city center, it is ensured that from the time the New Year's Eve Trail opens, no unauthorized access is possible. Access is then only possible via the access points Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring/Stadiongasse, Universitätsring/Grillparzerstraße, Schottengasse/Teinfaltstraße, Michaelerplatz/Kohlmarkt, Rotenturmstraße/Lugeck and Kärntner Straße/Krugerstraße. In the area of the Universitätsring, which is closed to traffic from 8.00 pm, barriers will also be set up on the roadway.
Organizer Recommends Public Arrival at Vienna New Year's Eve Trail 2024/25
The organizer requests to arrive exclusively by public transport and to inform themselves about line changes in advance. For example, from around 9.00 pm, it can be expected that U1 and U3 will no longer stop at the Stephansplatz station. The tram lines D, 1, 2 and 71 will also be shortened or diverted in the area of the Universitätsring.
(APA/Red)
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