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===On LGVs=== * 14 December 1992: TGV 920 from Annecy to Paris, operated by set 56, derailed at {{convert|270|km/h|4=0|abbr=on}} at Mâcon-Loché TGV station ([[Saône-et-Loire]]). A previous emergency stop had caused a wheel flat; the bogie concerned derailed while crossing the [[railroad switch|points]] at the entrance to the station. No one on the train was injured, but 25 passengers waiting on the platform for another TGV were slightly injured by ballast that was thrown up from the trackbed. * 21 December 1993: TGV 7150 from Valenciennes to Paris, operated by set 511, derailed at {{convert|300|km/h|4=0|abbr=on}} at the site of Haute Picardie TGV station, before it was built. Rain had caused a hole to open up under the track; the hole dated from the [[First World War]] but had not been detected during construction. The front power car and four carriages derailed but remained aligned with the track. Of the 200 passengers, one was slightly injured. * 5 June 2000: Eurostar 9073 from Paris to London, operated by sets 3101/2 owned by the [[National Railway Company of Belgium]], derailed at {{convert|250|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on|sigfig=3}} in the [[Nord-Pas de Calais]] region near [[Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais|Croisilles]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.trainweb.org/tgvpages/wrecks.html | title=TGV Accidents | publisher=trainweb.org | date=1 May 2009}}</ref> The transmission assembly on the rear bogie of the front power car failed, with parts falling onto the track. Four bogies out of 24 derailed. Out of 501 passengers, seven were bruised<ref>''[https://archive.today/20071001045449/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ap/605638911.html?did=605638911&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Jun+5,+2000&author=&pub=Associated+Press&desc=Eurostar+derails,+seven+passengers+bruised Eurostar derails; seven passengers bruised]'' [[Associated Press]] (5 June 2000), Retrieved 24 November 2005</ref> and others treated for shock.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/778669.stm |title=Eurostar train derails in France | work = [[BBC News]] |access-date=2009-05-10 | date=5 June 2000}}</ref> * 14 November 2015: TGV 2369 was involved in the [[Eckwersheim derailment]], near Strasbourg, while being tested on the then-unopened second phase of the LGV Est. The derailment resulted in 11 deaths among those aboard, while 11 others aboard the train were seriously injured.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-34825385/at-least-11-killed-in-french-tgv-high-speed-train-crash|title=At least 11 killed in rail crash in France|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-12-20}}</ref> Excessive speed has been cited as the cause.<ref name=dna>{{cite news|url=http://www.dna.fr/actualite/2015/11/14/un-train-se-renverse-et-prend-feu-a-eckwersheim-pres-de-strasbourg|title=Une rame d'essai d'un TGV se renverse et prend feu à Eckwersheim, près de Strasbourg : cinq morts|language=fr|newspaper=Dernieres Nouvelles D'Alsace|date=14 November 2015|last1=Bach|first1=Christian|last2=Poivret|first2=Aurélien}}</ref>
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