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Gare de Lyon rail accident
Rescue team operating on trainwreck
Details
Date
27 June 1988 19:09
Location
Paris-Gare de Lyon rail station
Country
France
Line
Melun-Paris Commuter Service
Operator
SNCF
Incident type
Head-on collision
Cause
Disabling of braking system caused by driver error
Statistics
Trains
Two SNCF Class Z 5300 electric multiple units
Deaths
56[1]
Injured
57[1]
The Gare de Lyon rail accident (French: Accident ferroviaire de la gare de Lyon), occurred on 27 June 1988, when an SNCF commuter train headed inbound to Paris's Gare de Lyon terminal crashed into a stationary outbound train, killing 56 and injuring 57, resulting in the third deadliest rail disaster in peacetime France.[1][2][3]
^ abc"Prison Ferme". l'Humanité. 15 December 1992. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010.
^"Another Deadly Parisian Train Crash". The New York Times. Associated Press. 7 August 1988.
^Greenhouse, Stephen (28 June 1988). "Death Toll Now 59 in Paris Train Crash". The New York Times.
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