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At 17:11 [[Central European Time#Central European Summer Time|CEST]] (15:11 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) on 12 July 2013,<ref>{{cite news|title=Brétigny : la SNCF s'est trompée sur l'heure du déraillement du train|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2013/07/24/01016-20130724ARTFIG00324-bretigny-la-communication-bien-rodee-de-guillaume-pepy-patron-de-la-sncf.php|newspaper=[[Le Figaro]]|date=24 July 2013}}</ref> [[SNCF]] [[Corail (train)|Corail]] [[Intercités]] train 3657 from Paris [[Gare d'Austerlitz]] to [[Limoges]] derailed and crashed at [[Brétigny (Paris RER)|Brétigny station]], resulting in the deaths of seven people (three passengers on the train and four on the platform) and injuries to "dozens" more. 385 passengers were on board,<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news|title=Deadly French train crash at Bretigny-sur-Orge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23294630|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=12 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="BigStory">{{cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/packed-passenger-train-derails-outside-paris|title=Packed train derails near Paris, 7 believed dead|publisher=[[Associated Press|AP]] via the Big Story|date=12 July 2013}}</ref> which occurred a few minutes after the train departed Austerlitz at 16:53.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2013/07/12/un-train-deraille-dans-l-essonne-de-nombreuses-victimes-selon-la-prefecture_917901|title=Six morts dans le déraillement d'un train dans l'Essonne|language=French|work=Libération|date=12 July 2013|accessdate=12 July 2013}}</ref> It was scheduled to arrive at [[Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins|Limoges-Bénédictins]] at 20:05. The trains and platforms at Brétigny were particularly busy as it was the Friday before the [[Bastille Day]] holiday weekend.<ref name="BBC News"/> |
At 17:11 [[Central European Time#Central European Summer Time|CEST]] (15:11 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) on 12 July 2013,<ref>{{cite news|title=Brétigny : la SNCF s'est trompée sur l'heure du déraillement du train|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2013/07/24/01016-20130724ARTFIG00324-bretigny-la-communication-bien-rodee-de-guillaume-pepy-patron-de-la-sncf.php|newspaper=[[Le Figaro]]|date=24 July 2013}}</ref> [[SNCF]] [[Corail (train)|Corail]] [[Intercités]] train 3657 from Paris [[Gare d'Austerlitz]] to [[Limoges]] derailed and crashed at [[Brétigny (Paris RER)|Brétigny station]], resulting in the deaths of seven people (three passengers on the train and four on the platform) and injuries to "dozens" more. 385 passengers were on board,<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news|title=Deadly French train crash at Bretigny-sur-Orge|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23294630|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=12 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="BigStory">{{cite web|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/packed-passenger-train-derails-outside-paris |title=Packed train derails near Paris, 7 believed dead |publisher=[[Associated Press|AP]] via the Big Story |date=12 July 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715074632/http://bigstory.ap.org:80/article/packed-passenger-train-derails-outside-paris |archivedate=15 July 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> which occurred a few minutes after the train departed Austerlitz at 16:53.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2013/07/12/un-train-deraille-dans-l-essonne-de-nombreuses-victimes-selon-la-prefecture_917901|title=Six morts dans le déraillement d'un train dans l'Essonne|language=French|work=Libération|date=12 July 2013|accessdate=12 July 2013}}</ref> It was scheduled to arrive at [[Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins|Limoges-Bénédictins]] at 20:05. The trains and platforms at Brétigny were particularly busy as it was the Friday before the [[Bastille Day]] holiday weekend.<ref name="BBC News"/> |
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Reports indicate the train, which was not scheduled to stop, crashed at {{convert|137|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} (below the speed limit of 150 km/h) and split in two between the fourth and fifth carriages after they derailed on a [[Railroad switch|double slip]].<ref name="BigStory" /> The rear of the train deviated to the left from Track 1 to Track 3 at the following railroad switch. The sixth carriage moved laterally between the two tracks and swept the intermediate platform, being pierced by a roof beam. The fifth carriage first hit the platform on its left and came to rest along the opposite platform. |
Reports indicate the train, which was not scheduled to stop, crashed at {{convert|137|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} (below the speed limit of 150 km/h) and split in two between the fourth and fifth carriages after they derailed on a [[Railroad switch|double slip]].<ref name="BigStory" /> The rear of the train deviated to the left from Track 1 to Track 3 at the following railroad switch. The sixth carriage moved laterally between the two tracks and swept the intermediate platform, being pierced by a roof beam. The fifth carriage first hit the platform on its left and came to rest along the opposite platform. |
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| Details | |
| Date | 12 July 2013 17:11 CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Location | Brétigny-sur-Orge, Île-de-France |
| Coordinates | 48°36′26″N 2°18′08″E / 48.607316°N 2.302274°E |
| Country | France |
| Operator | SNCF |
| Incident type | Derailment |
| Cause | Track defect |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Deaths | 7 |
| Injured | 192 |
On 12 July 2013, a train crash occurred in the commune of Brétigny-sur-Orge in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, when a passenger train carrying 385 people derailed and hit the station platform. Seven people were killed and nearly 200 were injured.[1]
The accident was cited as the most serious rail crash in France since the 1988 Gare de Lyon accident in which 56 people were killed.[2][3]
Accident
At 17:11 CEST (15:11 UTC) on 12 July 2013,[4] SNCF Corail Intercités train 3657 from Paris Gare d'Austerlitz to Limoges derailed and crashed at Brétigny station, resulting in the deaths of seven people (three passengers on the train and four on the platform) and injuries to "dozens" more. 385 passengers were on board,[5][6] which occurred a few minutes after the train departed Austerlitz at 16:53.[7] It was scheduled to arrive at Limoges-Bénédictins at 20:05. The trains and platforms at Brétigny were particularly busy as it was the Friday before the Bastille Day holiday weekend.[5]
Reports indicate the train, which was not scheduled to stop, crashed at 137 km/h (85 mph) (below the speed limit of 150 km/h) and split in two between the fourth and fifth carriages after they derailed on a double slip.[6] The rear of the train deviated to the left from Track 1 to Track 3 at the following railroad switch. The sixth carriage moved laterally between the two tracks and swept the intermediate platform, being pierced by a roof beam. The fifth carriage first hit the platform on its left and came to rest along the opposite platform.
Response
Railway workers immediately took action, preventing, by a few seconds, a collision between the derailed carriages and another approaching from the opposite direction.[8]
According to a police report, some thefts from passengers and throwing of projectiles at rescue workers occurred shortly after the accident.[9][10] The Minister of Transport Frédéric Cuvillier and Interior Minister Manuel Valls described the incidents as "isolated acts" and said the throwing of missiles ceased when the police arrived.[11]
Investigation
The SNCF, French Land Transport Accident Investigation Bureau (BEA-TT), and judicial authorities started three separate investigations into the accident.[12]
The SNCF released its initial findings on 13 July 2013, reporting that the derailment appeared to have been caused by a track failure. A steel fishplate connecting two rails came loose 200 metres (660 ft) from the station at a set of switches, and became stuck in them. The last axle of the third carriage is thought to be the first to have hit the fishplate.[13]
Causes
Three investigations were initiated, by the Évry public prosecutor, the Land Transport Accident Investigation Bureau (BEA-TT) of the Ministry of Transport, and the SNCF. The train is believed to have derailed on the approach to Brétigny when passing over a switch 200 metres (660 ft) before the station. The French transport minister Frédéric Cuvillier stated that the accident was not due to human error and ruled out [clarification needed] any responsibility on the part of the driver.
At a press conference the day after the accident, an SNCF director stated that the failure of a fishplate (rail joint) was the cause of the accident, confirmed in the third SNCF press conference by supporting photographs. According to Guillaume Pepy, the SNCF president, the fishplate broke away from the rails and became lodged in the middle of the switch, causing the derailment.
Pepy said the SNCF considered itself responsible for the lives of its passengers and announced a campaign to check all similar equipment, nearly 5,000 units throughout the network, whose maintenance is within the SNCF's remit. [clarification needed]
Gallery
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Locomotive BB 26005 in front of train 3657. -
Carriages 3 and 4. -
Carriage 4 lying on its side. -
Locomotive and four first carriages of train 3657. -
![Train 3657 on the left. In the opposite direction, another train stopped just in time.[8]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Gare-de-Br%C3%A9tigny-sur-Orge_-_2013-07-13_C_-_IMG_9787.jpg/120px-Gare-de-Br%C3%A9tigny-sur-Orge_-_2013-07-13_C_-_IMG_9787.jpg)
Train 3657 on the left. In the opposite direction, another train stopped just in time.[8]
![Train 3657 on the left. In the opposite direction, another train stopped just in time.[8]](/wiki/File:Gare-de-Br%C3%A9tigny-sur-Orge_-_2013-07-13_C_-_IMG_9787.jpg)
See also
- Grayrigg derailment (2007)
- Potters Bar derailment (2002)
References
- ^ "Operations begin to clear wreckage of derailed train near Paris". France 24. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ "Un train déraille à Brétigny : au moins 6 morts, Hollande se rend sur place" (in French). TF1. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "Accident de train à Brétigny-sur-Orge : des précédents dramatiques" (in French). Microsoft. p. 6.[dead link]
- ^ "Brétigny : la SNCF s'est trompée sur l'heure du déraillement du train". Le Figaro. 24 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Deadly French train crash at Bretigny-sur-Orge". BBC News. 12 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Packed train derails near Paris, 7 believed dead". AP via the Big Story. 12 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Six morts dans le déraillement d'un train dans l'Essonne". Libération (in French). 12 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ a b “Déraillement mortel de train : une collision évitée”, Libération.
- ^ Kovacs, Stéphane; Sallé, Caroline (19 July 2013). "Brétigny-sur-Orge : "T'as trouvé quoi dans les bagages ?"". Le Figaro (in French).
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Borredon, Laurent; Hopquin, Benoît (19 July 2013). "Brétigny : les autorités accusées de minimiser les incidents après l'accident". Le Monde (in French).
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Brétigny. Un rapport de police confirme les vols et les caillassages après l'accident de train". La Dépêche (in French). 19 July 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Loose rail connector 'may have caused' France crash". BBC News. 13 July 2013.
- ^ http://www.itele.fr/france/video/bretigny-guillaume-pepy-confirme-la-defaillance-dune-eclisse. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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