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