Gare de Lyon rail accident
1988 public transit disaster in Paris, France
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The Gare de Lyon rail accident (French: Accident ferroviaire de la gare de Lyon), occurred on 27 June 1988, when an SNCF commuter train headed inbound to Paris's Gare de Lyon terminal crashed into a stationary outbound train, killing 56 and injuring 57, resulting in the deadliest rail disaster in peacetime France and the third deadliest in the nation's history.
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