The man wanted to collect his luggage
While the train was stopped at Ingolstadt station, about seventy kilometers north of Munich, the passenger went down to the platform to smoke a cigarette. When he realized the doors had closed behind him and the train was starting to move, the man jumped into the gap between two carriages and held on to cables.
The train continued on its way, with a top speed of 282 km/h, police said. The driver finally stopped the TGV in Kinding, 30 kilometers north of Ingolstadt, where the freeloader was arrested.
When questioned by police, the passenger said he was hanging on to the outside of the train because his luggage was still inside. However, he did not suffer any injuries despite this perilous journey. The man, without a ticket, risks being prosecuted for non-payment as well as for “disturbing public order”.
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