ASriLankanRailfanningInEurope 🇱🇰

Welcome to my channel! I'm a 22-year-old Sri Lankan citizen living in Switzerland. My favorite hobbies are buses, trains, trams, and airplanes. Sometimes I travel to France to enjoy the TGV, and railspot in there too, of course.
Nationality: 🇱🇰 (I have both Swiss passport / ID and SriLankan passport ID, of course)
Where I live: 🇨🇭
My favorite countries:
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2. 🇫🇷
3. 🇧🇪
4. 🇱🇺
5. 🇬🇧
6. 🇨🇦
7. 🇺🇸
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My favorite year: 2016 (whole), 2018 (whole) and 2021 (whole, personally)
My least favorite year: 2019 (early March until the end of the 2019) and early 2020 (from New Year until few days before I turn 17, After I turned into 17, I improved myself and will ignore bullies / my enemies)


ASriLankanRailfanningInEurope 🇱🇰

Happy Independence Day Morocco and Latvia 🇱🇰💖🇲🇦🇱🇻

2 days ago | [YT] | 3

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AI is cringe

This is why the past years, like 2005-2023 are much better without any AI cringeworthy in the YouTube.

2003-2023 (I still hate 2019 so much) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2024 and 2025.

4 days ago | [YT] | 1

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!!! THIS TEXT WILL BE VERY LONG !!!
!!! CE TEXTE SERA TRÈS LONG !!!

English / Anglais 🇬🇧:
Another 10 years ago tragedy events in France, a day after 13/11 attacks in the French capital Paris...
May 11 souls of the victims be in heaven, who lost their lives by the worst high speed train accident, a testing TGV derailment in Eckwersheim, Grand Est.
We will never forget.

On Saturday, November 14, 2015, a TGV derailed in Eckwersheim, Alsace. The train was undergoing testing, specifically commissioning tests on the second phase of the LGV Est high-speed line, which was scheduled to open to the public five months later. These tests aimed to guarantee the safety, reliability, and performance of the new tracks and the railway system before they were opened to the public.

The accident occurred during a normal eastbound journey on the southbound track, approaching a carefully designed curve. The train was travelling at an estimated speed of approximately 265 km/h, about 90 km/h above the maximum speed permitted on that section of track during testing. This excessive speed was a determining factor in the derailment.

The tests scheduled for November 11 and 14 were to be carried out on each of the two tracks, in both directions, at a test speed 10% higher than the maximum authorized speed in commercial service. On the afternoon of November 14, the test train was scheduled to depart from the Meuse TGV station at 2:18 p.m. and arrive at Strasbourg station at 3:17 p.m. At 2:26 p.m., authorization to begin the test was given, and the train left the Meuse TGV station two minutes later. During this test, the train traveled eastbound on track 2, the southern track of the LGV Est (Eastern High-Speed ​​Line), against the normal Strasbourg-Paris traffic. This Meuse-Strasbourg journey constituted the final series of tests on the line during the fourth phase of testing.

The train reached a top speed of 352 km/h on sections where the speed limit was 320 km/h. Approaching the Vendenheim rail junction, it should have slowed from 352 to 176 km/h before reaching kilometer point 403.809, where the speed limit was 160 km/h. The track begins a long right-hand curve towards the rail junction on a raised embankment 5 to 8 m high and crosses the Marne-Rhine Canal. This rail junction marks the terminus of the LGV Est line. The train was then to continue its journey on a conventional rail line to Strasbourg station.

As the train approached the right-hand curve leading to the switch, the rear bogie of the lead power car derailed to the left (outside the curve) at 15:04:42, approximately at kilometer point 404.003. Violent lateral movements at the rear of the lead power car detached it from the rest of the train. The rear of the lead power car struck a concrete parapet (kilometer point 404.209) on the abutment of the bridge spanning the Marne-Rhine Canal. The impact caused the lead power car to break apart, and oil leaked from its transformer. The oil ignited and spread onto the bridge and the canal banks. The rear bogie of the lead locomotive remained immobilized at the point of impact with the concrete parapet. The lead locomotive's transformer landed on the east bank of the canal. The remainder of the lead locomotive slid down the left parapet of the bridge. At the end of the bridge, the car overturned, slid down the embankment, and came to rest 150 m (490 ft) beyond the end of the bridge.



Cars 2 through 7 derailed before the bridge and left the embankment with sufficient speed to cross the canal and come to rest between 80 and 130 m (260 to 430 ft) beyond the start of the bridge. Cars 8 and 9 came to rest on the east bank of the canal, and the rear locomotive was partially submerged.

The derailment resulted in a human tragedy and numerous injuries. In total, 11 people lost their lives, including the train driver and nine other passengers, and 42 people were injured, some more seriously than others. This was the first fatal derailment in the history of the TGV, which until then had been considered one of the safest high-speed rail systems in the world. Furthermore, it was only the third derailment involving a TGV since it entered service in 1981. This accident also became the deadliest rail disaster in France since the Lyon derailment in 1988, which claimed 56 lives.

The trainset was operated by TGV Duplex Dasye unit 744.

Pray for the French state railway SNCF as it had suffered the worst rail accident disaster since June 1988 RER D train collision at Paris Gare de Lyon (On that day, the service was mainly operated by the single-level Z5300 train before the introduction, 3 months later, of the double-decker electric multiple unit Z20500; however, the Z5300 remained in service until its withdrawal from service on 8 December 2018.) ☮️🕊❤️‍🩹🧑🏼‍✈️🚇🚆🇫🇷❤️‍🩹🕊☮️ 😔😢

Anti-France kids like the Francophobia Italians have no right to post here if they really hate/despise France, they should ignore this if they hate France.



French / Francais 🇫🇷:
Il y a dix ans, une autre tragédie frappait la France, au lendemain des attentats du 13 novembre à Paris…
Que les âmes des onze victimes reposent en paix. Elles ont perdu la vie dans le pire accident ferroviaire à grande vitesse de l'histoire : le déraillement d'un TGV lors d'essais à Eckwersheim, dans le Grand Est.
Nous n'oublierons jamais.

Le samedi 14 novembre 2015, un TGV a déraillé à Eckwersheim, en Alsace. Le train effectuait des essais, plus précisément des essais de mise en service de la deuxième phase de la ligne à grande vitesse LGV Est, dont l'ouverture au public était prévue cinq mois plus tard. Ces essais visaient à garantir la sécurité, la fiabilité et les performances des nouvelles voies et du système ferroviaire avant leur mise en service.

L'accident s'est produit lors d'un trajet normal en direction de l'est sur la voie de circulation sud, à l'approche d'un virage spécialement conçu. Le train circulait à une vitesse estimée à environ 265 km/h, soit environ 90 km/h au-dessus de la vitesse maximale autorisée sur cette portion de voie pendant les essais. Cette vitesse excessive a été un facteur déterminant du déraillement.

Les essais prévus les 11 et 14 novembre devaient être effectués sur chacune des deux voies, dans les deux sens, à une vitesse d'essai supérieure de 10 % à la vitesse maximale autorisée en service commercial. Le 14 novembre après-midi, le train d'essai devait partir de la gare TGV de la Meuse à 14h18 et arriver à la gare de Strasbourg à 15h17. À 14h26, l'autorisation de commencer l'essai a été donnée et le train a quitté la gare TGV de la Meuse deux minutes plus tard. Lors de cet essai, le train a circulé en direction de l'est sur la voie 2, la voie sud de la LGV Est (Ligne à Grande Vitesse de l'Est), à contresens du trafic normal Strasbourg-Paris. Ce trajet Meuse-Strasbourg constituait la dernière série d'essais sur la ligne lors de la quatrième phase d'essais.

Le train a atteint une vitesse de pointe de 352 km/h sur des tronçons où la vitesse était limitée à 320 km/h. À l'approche de la jonction ferroviaire de Vendenheim, le train aurait dû ralentir de 352 à 176 km/h avant d'atteindre le point kilométrique 403,809, où la vitesse est limitée à 160 km/h. La voie amorce un long virage à droite vers la jonction, sur un remblai surélevé de 5 à 8 m de haut, et franchit le canal de la Marne-Rhin. Cette jonction marque le terminus de la ligne LGV Est. Le train devait ensuite poursuivre son trajet sur une ligne ferroviaire classique jusqu'à la gare de Strasbourg.

Alors que le train abordait le virage à droite menant à l'aiguillage, le bogie arrière de la motrice de tête a déraillé vers la gauche (hors virage) à 15 h 04 min 42 s, approximativement au point kilométrique 404,003. De violents mouvements latéraux à l'arrière de la motrice de tête l'ont détachée du reste du train. L'arrière de la motrice de tête a heurté un parapet en béton (point kilométrique 404,209) sur la culée du pont enjambant le canal de la Marne-Rhin. Sous le choc, la motrice s'est disloquée et de l'huile s'est échappée de son transformateur. L'huile s'est enflammée et s'est répandue sur le pont et les berges du canal. Le bogie arrière de la locomotive de tête est resté immobilisé au point d'impact avec le parapet. Le transformateur de la locomotive de tête a atterri sur la rive est du canal. Le reste de la locomotive a glissé le long du parapet gauche du pont. À l'extrémité du pont, la motrice s'est renversée, a glissé le long du talus et s'est immobilisée 150 m après le bout du pont.

Le déraillement a provoqué une tragédie humaine et de nombreux blessés. Au total, 11 personnes ont perdu la vie, dont le conducteur du train et neuf autres passagers, et 42 personnes ont été blessées, certaines plus grièvement que d'autres. Il s'agissait du premier déraillement mortel de l'histoire du TGV, qui était jusqu'alors considéré comme l'un des systèmes ferroviaires à grande vitesse les plus sûrs au monde. De plus, c'était seulement le troisième déraillement impliquant un TGV depuis sa mise en service en 1981. Cet accident est également devenu la catastrophe ferroviaire la plus meurtrière en France depuis le déraillement de Lyon en 1988, qui avait fait 56 victimes.

La rame était exploitée par l'unité TGV Duplex Dasye 744.

Prions pour la SNCF, la compagnie ferroviaire nationale française, qui a subi la pire catastrophe ferroviaire depuis la collision du RER D à la gare de Lyon en juin 1988. (Ce jour-là, le service était principalement assuré par la rame Z5300 à un seul niveau, avant la mise en service, trois mois plus tard, de l'automotrice électrique à deux étages Z20500 ; cependant, la Z5300 est restée en service jusqu'à son retrait définitif le 8 décembre 2018.) ☮️🕊❤️‍🩹🧑🏼‍✈️🚇🚆🇫🇷❤️‍🩹🕊☮️ 😔😢

Les jeunes anti-France, comme les Italiens francophobes, n'ont pas le droit de poster ici s'ils détestent/méprisent vraiment la France ; ils devraient ignorer ce message s'ils détestent la France.

6 days ago | [YT] | 2

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10 years ago...
Respect 13/11 attacks 10 years ago in Paris. ☮️🕊🇱🇰❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹🇫🇷🕊☮️
We will stand by France and always will until our end.
May 130 souls of the victims be in heaven, those who lost their lives in this tragic terrorist attack.
We will never forget.

A series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks took place on Friday, November 13, 2015, at the French capital Paris, and the northern suburb of Saint-Denis. At 9:16 p.m., three suicide bombers carried out an attack outside the Stade de France in Saint-Denis during an international soccer match after refusing to enter. Another group of attackers then opened fire on crowded Parisian cafes and restaurants, with one killing himself. A third group carried out another mass shooting and took hostages at an Eagles of Death Metal concert at the Bataclan, attended by 1,500 people, sparking a clash with police. The attackers were either shot dead or detonated their explosive vests during the police intervention. The attackers killed 137 people, including 90 at the Bataclan. Another 416 people were injured, nearly 100 of them seriously. Seven of the attackers were also killed. These attacks were the deadliest in the European Union since the Madrid attacks in 2004. They came one day after similar attacks in Beirut, Lebanon, and thirteen days after the downing of a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. France had been on high alert since the January 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo offices and a Jewish supermarket in Paris, which killed 17 people.

Nationalities who died in the tragedy terrorist attack at the French capital Paris 🇫🇷 10 years ago:
French 🇫🇷 (106)
Chilean 🇨🇱 (3)
Algerian 🇩🇿 (2)
Belgian 🇧🇪 (2)
Egyptian 🇪🇬 (2)
Portuguese 🇵🇹 (2)
German 🇩🇪 (2)
Romanian 🇷🇴 (2)
Tunisian 🇹🇳 (2)
Italian 🇮🇹 (1)
Mexican 🇲🇽 (1)
Moroccan 🇲🇦 (1)
Spanish 🇪🇸 (1)
Swedish 🇸🇪 (1)
British 🇬🇧 (1)
American 🇺🇸 (1)
Venezuelan 🇻🇪 (1)

Pray for France as it had suffered the worst terrorist attack since January 2015 terrorist attack in the Region Île-de-France ☮️🕊❤️‍🩹🇫🇷❤️‍🩹🕊☮️ 😔😢

Anti-France kids like the Francophobia Italians have no right to post here if they really hate/despise France, they should ignore this if they hate France.

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Happy Independence Day Poland 🇱🇰💖🇵🇱

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What happened to FrenchiePsyGeoworld (FRE)?

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Which one do you prefer the most?

For me, it's perfectly clear: I definitely prefer work way more because you have much more peace, relaxation, and fun, you can also concentrate in peacefully without any distractions, you earn money every month, and you don't have to do homework.
In school, on the other hand, you have more homework, more stress, distractions, arguments, bullying, difficulty concentrating, and much more.

And also because of the incidents that happened to me at school between March 2019 and February 2020. That's why I have a strong dislike for school and much prefer working.

I respect your opinion if you prefer school to work, if you like school and hate work.

I would be much happier and stronger if I had been working since August 2018 and not only since August 2020...

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OGISM / GBS / SPAMMISM users use their numerous alts to like their and other OGISM / GBS / SPAMMISM user comments.

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