Man jumped on to bracket between carriages after doors shut and clung on as train travelled at up to 282kph

A man survived unscathed after clinging to the outside of a German high-speed train as it barrelled along at up to 282kph (172mph), police said on Friday.

The 40-year-old Hungarian man was having a cigarette on a platform in Bavaria when the train doors shut, prompting him to jump on to the bracket between two carriages.