In pictures: Austrian train tragedy

A weekend ski trip ended in tragedy for 155 people, killed as their cable train caught fire in an Austrian mountain tunnel. Many were teenagers. Only a handful of people survived, despite a huge rescue effort.

The train was 600m inside the tunnel when tragedy struck

The few survivors were given medical care

Some were led to safety, shocked and injured

Dozens of rescue vehicles rushed to the scene

The only bodies recovered were of those who died at the top of the tunnel

Devastated relatives have gone to a counselling centre in Kaprun

Others have wept openly at the loss of friends and family

The wait for news of the dead has proved agonising

People comforted each other after learning news of the tragedy

Candles have been lit in memory of the dead