Talk:Gare de Lyon rail accident

cleanup-date|November 2006

I marked this article for cleanup because, although I actually think it is in general a very good article, there are a number of places where the language is a little odd, or grammar/punctuation needs attention, etc. I do not feel up to it myself but I am sure a keen/good editor could sort it out pretty rapidly. No insult is intended to the contributors - like I say, it's fundamentally good stuff. 138.37.199.206 11:41, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Casualties on runaway train?

Were there any casualties on the runaway train or were they all on the stationary train? (To my knowledge they were). Maikel 01:04, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

-- There were no casualties on the runaway train, all the passengers were lying down on the carriage at the back.

Number of casualties?

French Wikipedia cites "59 morts et 57 blessés" whereas this article "56" killed. Maikel 08:06, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

The Time Magazine article cites "56 dead and 13 seriously injured". Maikel 08:14, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Did the driver survive or not?

At the start of the article it says that the driver of the runaway train was killed in the collision. At the end of the article, it says "the driver" (presumably of the runaway train, it makes no sense for it to be the driver of the stationary train) served six months in prison for the crash. Which is true? 134.159.167.22 (talk) 05:49, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

In the Seconds from Disaster documentary about this accident, the driver of the runaway train survived. The driver of the stationary train at the platform died while ordering passengers to evacuate the train. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:10, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Argh, not only are you correct, but the article made that clear all along and I missed it. Sorry! 134.159.167.22 (talk) 06:26, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

André Tanguy was the hero who died in the tragedy.

Sources

As this page lacks sources:

• http://articles.philly.com/1988-06-29/news/26268665_1_runaway-train-brake-problem-gare-de-lyon-station. 220 of ^Borg 15:57, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Source Information

Much of the article appears to be a summary of the documentary mentioned at the end of the article. This could be verified and cited appropriately. Nl 1337 (talk) 22:12, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

I've seen the same phenomenon in a number of other articles on incidents covered by programs like Seconds From Disaster, there seems to be a tendency to bypass the accident reports. Graham1973 (talk) 04:57, 16 August 2014 (UTC)

Electric brake type

"Second, the train was equipped with an additional electric brake, but according to Saulin, drivers usually disliked the electric brake because it was unreliable and had a strong tendency to wear down the brake pads. In any case, Saulin completely forgot about it as a result of his panic." What type of brake is meant by this? Additional brakes applied to the wheels are irrelevant if the air brake influenced all axles to their adhesion limits. Dynamic braking/regenerative brake, electric friction brake and track brake#Electromagnetic track brakes were not under control of the air pressure system, I suppose. If so, wouldn't a full/emergency brake by the driver trigger them automatically? --Mopskatze (talk) 00:58, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Speed?

At what speed did the accident happen? Classified information ? 51.174.17.218 (talk) 23:03, 26 July 2020 (UTC)