Guillaume Pepy
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Guillaume Pepy is a high-ranking French civil servant who currently serves as president of the SNCF, the French national rail authority. He is also chairman of Eurostar and deputy-chairman of the Keol
Eckwersheim derailment
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On 14 November 2015, a TGV train derailed in Eckwersheim, Alsace, France, while performing commissioning trials on the second phase of the LGV Est high-speed rail line, which was scheduled to open for
Rear power car of derailed train
The concrete parapet on the southern side of the western abutment remains intact (1), while the concrete parapet on the northern side was impacted by the train and destroyed (2). A pantograph (3) and its subassembly (4), detached from one of the power cars, is seen in the bottom center. There is also a bogie remaining on the tracks (5).
Ceremony in remembrance of the victims at Strasbourg station, 16 November