page_title: Anthropogenic hazard
section_title: Rail
hierarchical_section_title: Anthropogenic hazard / Transportation / Rail
caption_attribution_description: English: Train wreck at Montparnasse Station, at Place de Rennes side (now Place du 18 Juin 1940), Paris, France, 1895. Български: Останки на локомотив при железопътно произшествие на гара Монпарнас, Париж, Франция, 1895 Català: Accident ferroviari a l'estació Montparnasse, París, França, 1895. Cymraeg: Damwain rheilffordd yng Nghorsaf Montparnasse, Paris, Ffrainc, 1895. Dansk: Ulykken på Gare Montparnasse, Paris, Frankrig, 1895. Deutsch: Zugunglück am Gare Montparnasse, Paris, Frankreich, 1895. Español: Accidente ferroviario en la estación de Montparnasse, París, Francia, 1895. Français&#160;: Accident ferroviaire de la gare Montparnasse, Paris, France, 1895. Italiano: Incidente ferroviario alla stazione di Montparnasse, Parigi, Francia, 1895. Magyar: Vasúti szerencsétlenség a Montparnasse pályaudvaron, Párizs, Franciaország, 1895. Nederlands: Treinongeluk Gare Montparnasse, Parijs, Frankrijk, 1895. Polski: Wypadek pociągu na stacji Montparnasse, Paryż, Francja, 1895. Русский: Авария экспресса Гранвиль-Париж, Вокзал Монпарнас, 1895. Tiếng Việt: Tai nạn tại ga Montparnasse, Paris, năm 1895
context_page_description: Anthropogenic hazards are hazards caused by human action or inaction. They are contrasted with natural hazards. Anthropogenic hazards may adversely affect humans, other organisms, biomes, and ecosystems. The frequency and severity of hazards are key elements in some risk analysis methodologies.
  Hazards may also be described in relation to the impact that they have. A hazard only exists if there is a pathway to exposure. As an example, the center of the earth consists of molten material at very high temperatures which would be a severe hazard if contact was made with the core. However, there is no feasible way of making contact with the core, therefore the center of the earth currently poses no hazard.
context_section_description: The special hazards of traveling by rail include the possibility of a train crash which can result in substantial loss of life. Incidents involving freight traffic generally pose a greater hazardous risk to the environment. Less common hazards include geophysical hazards such as tsunami such as that which struck in 2004 in Sri Lanka when 1,700 people died in the Sri Lanka tsunami-rail disaster.
  See also the list of train accidents by death toll.
caption: Granville-Paris Express wreck at Gare Montparnasse on 22 October 1895
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