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> TGV is designed specifically to resist derailment Not sure about that. In 2015 they did a demo of a new TGV line and the train derailed just by going a littl
by bambax 5y ago
> TGV is designed specifically to resist derailment
Not sure about that. In 2015 they did a demo of a new TGV line and the train derailed just by going a little too fast in a curve [0]. It killed eleven people on board and injured 42 others.
The number of dead and injured is so low because there were very few people on board. If a bomb exploded on the first car of a TGV the number of casualties would be high.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckwersheim_derailment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckwersheim_derailment