MONTPARNASSE DERAILMENT - 1895 The Montparnasse derailment occurred at 16:00 on October 22, 1895 when the Granville–Paris Express overran the buffer stop at its Gare Montparnasse. The Montparnasse derailment occurred at 16:00 on 22 October 1895 when the Granville–Paris Express overran the buffer stop at its Gare Montparnasse terminus. With the train several minutes late and the driver trying to make up for a lost time, it entered the station too fast and the train air brake failed to stop it. Af

The iconic story of a train crash at Montparnasse Station in Paris, France on October 22, 1895. The train missed a buffer stop and smashed a window because the driver was approaching the station too fast. Surprisingly, only one person died in the disaster, a woman outside the station who was killed by falling debris. • Paris, France | Classic Carzone