Editing Thalys (section)

==Accidents and incidents==
{{Further|TGV accidents}}
* On 9 May 1998, a truck was struck by a Thalys PBKA on an unprotected [[level crossing]]; it had attempted to cross the tracks at the crossing when the train arrived. The truck driver was killed in the impact and the train's power unit and first two passenger carriages derailed; the trainset was left heavily damaged. Six passengers were injured and the tracks and catenary were broken in the incident. Passenger carriages R1 and R2 had to be scrapped. The trainset was later repaired with the R1 and R2 carriages from a regular TGV trainset.{{cn|date=September 2024}}

* On 11 October 2008, a Thalys PBA set bound for Amsterdam collided with a national [[NS Intercity Materieel|ICM]] train set at [[Gouda railway station]] in the Netherlands. The Thalys train set had been diverted via Gouda due to engineering work on its usual route. None of the passengers were seriously injured, but both trains incurred serious damage. An investigation concluded that staff of the ICM train was to blame, as they left the station while still under a red signal.<ref name="Goudaaccident" /><ref name="Goudaivwrapport" />

* On 21 August 2015, [[2015 Thalys train attack|a gunman attacked passengers]] on an Amsterdam–Paris train near [[Arras]]. The incident was treated as a terrorist attack. Three passengers along with the gunman received non-fatal injuries.<ref name="bbc" /><ref name="monde" />