# Wiener Linien Warns Against Subway Phone Stunt

October 17, 2026 at 04:20 PM

> Vienna's transit authority bans the viral social media trend of taping smartphones to subway trains due to safety and filming violations.

**Wiener Linien** is issuing a warning against a viral social media trend where individuals attach smartphones to subway trains. The stunt involves using gaffa tape to secure a phone with a running camera to a train door while it is stopped at a station.

The trend has spread globally to New York, Paris, Delhi, and Vienna, often set to **Dua Lipa**'s 'Training Season.' Influencers like **Nikhil Kochar** and **Oliver Muhl** have garnered millions of views by editing two separate recordings to create a unique visual effect.

Wiener Linien stated on **Instagram** that taping phones to trains is strictly prohibited. Their house rules forbid commercial filming without written permission and prohibit any actions that harass or endanger passengers within the vehicles and station areas.


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