3rd April: SNCF train breaks world rail speed record by reaching 574,8 km/h.
5th April, a crash at Gare de l’Est in Paris because the driver simply “n’a pas réussi à freiner en temps”: didn’t succeed in braking in time, and hit the bumpers on the station platform. The problem was believed to be human error as a monitoring system is in place that operates at speeds above 10km/h The train had over a thousand passengers on board, 71 were injured.

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