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 Sat 14 Nov 15 17:52 
 Not a good weekend for France - Zero
High Speed TGV derails and ends up in river - 7 dead

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34822666
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 Sat 14 Nov 15 18:25 
 Not a good weekend for France - R.P.
Bad.
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 Sat 14 Nov 15 18:55 
 Not a good weekend for France - zippy
The TGV system is very safe.

There has, up until now, been no fatalities since 1981 on the network.

A sensor train travels the network using ultrasound to test the tracks on a very regular basis.

I do hope this wasn't sabotage.

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 Sat 14 Nov 15 19:18 
 Not a good weekend for France - Zero
>> The TGV system is very safe.
>>
>> There has, up until now, been no fatalities since 1981 on the network.

5 deaths on level crossings.


>> I do hope this wasn't sabotage.

excess speed mentioned.
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 Sat 14 Nov 15 19:32 
 Not a good weekend for France - Armel Coussine
>> excess speed mentioned.

Round a quite sharp curve, no wonder the thing derailed.

Was the driver all right, or merely dozy? Either way he bears a heavy moral burden.

I guess most of the dead victims were people smoking in the connecting places between carriages. Glad I wasn't among them.
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 Sat 14 Nov 15 19:11 
 Not a good weekend for France - ....
Isn't that the flagship line where they have previously run in excess of 400km/h?
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 Sat 14 Nov 15 20:15 
 Not a good weekend for France - henry k

www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/strasbourg-train-crash-carriages-derail-6832232
More photos.

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/14/five-dead-strasbourg-train-crash-reports
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 Sat 14 Nov 15 22:01 
 Not a good weekend for France - R.P.
That's one hell of a derailment...wonder not more were killed. Looks like the b***** thing exploded.
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 Sat 14 Nov 15 22:07 
 Not a good weekend for France - Focusless
>> wonder not more were killed.

The crash happened during a test run in the town of Eckwersheim, on a new Paris-Strasbourg line.
(BBC report)
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 Sat 14 Nov 15 22:10 
 Not a good weekend for France - R.P.
No passengers then...thank goodness.
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 Sun 15 Nov 15 00:45 
 Not a good weekend for France - Armel Coussine
>> No passengers then...thank goodness.

Enough for seven to be killed. Perhaps they were only BR staff, but even they are human beings.

I wonder how many survivors there were in the overturned coaches? No one is saying.
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 Sun 15 Nov 15 01:06 
 Not a good weekend for France - R.P.
BR ?...bloomin 'eck. Anyway I know what you mean and you know what I mean !
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 Mon 16 Nov 15 17:12 
 Not a good weekend for France - Armel Coussine
>> BR ?...bloomin 'eck. Anyway I know what you mean

Yer, Eurosummink wannit?

I agree that 'BR' gives a dusty, grubby impression far removed from the nice warm or b***** freezing when it isn't working but anyway spotless, insecticide-reeking carriages on Southern or whatever it's called.

Horrible Jeremy Kyle is bullying exhibitionist inadequates in the corner. I can't resist genuine schlock TV.
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 Mon 16 Nov 15 18:15 
 Not a good weekend for France - R.P.
Haha...watched that for about 30 secs earlier...
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 Sun 15 Nov 15 08:58 
 Not a good weekend for France - Focusless
>> I wonder how many survivors there were in the overturned coaches? No one is saying.

Reports say there were 49 people on the train FWIW.
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 Sun 15 Nov 15 09:11 
 Not a good weekend for France - Zero
>> That's one hell of a derailment...wonder not more were killed. Looks like the b***** thing
>> exploded.

well, when you weigh 100 tons plus, and you are doing 400kmh, and you hit solid concrete structures fixed to the bedrock, you tend to come apart a bit in a pretty spectacular manner.
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 Sun 15 Nov 15 19:25 
 Not a good weekend for France - Focusless
Up to 11 dead, and it's reported that there were children on board, not just 'technicians'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34827049
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