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Late braking blamed for TGV Est derailment [IRJ]

Date: 19/11/2015

French National Railways (SNCF) president Mr Guillaume Pepy confirmed on November 19 that an initial internal investigation into the derailment of a test train on TGV Est Phase 2 on November 14, which killed 11 people, has identified that the accident was caused by excessive speed following a late brake application.

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