A 38-year-old Queensland man was crushed to death by a train in Germany as he staggered from Europe's biggest beer festival, Oktoberfest, yesterday.



A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman confirmed this morning the man had died after attending Oktoberfest celebrations in Munich about 1.20am.

The man had met a 25-year-old New Zealand man and the pair were returning to a campsite in the nearby district of Obermenzing when he stumbled onto train tracks and fell under the engine of a metropolitan S-Bahn train, local media said.



The New Zealand man was not hurt but was treated for shock.



"The man was in Munich as part of an organised tour to attend Oktoberfest," the DFAT spokeswoman said. Authorities have not released his identity.