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Eckwersheim derailment

2015 CE · France, Europe · Disaster

Eckwersheim derailment
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On 14 November 2015, a TGV train derailed in Eckwersheim, Alsace, France, while performing commissioning trials on the second phase of the LGV Est high-speed rail line, which was scheduled to open for commercial service five months later. The derailment resulted in 11 deaths and 42 injuries.

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