Railway employees across France observed a minute of silence at midday local time (1000GMT) on Saturday to pay homage to the victims of a fatal train crash at Bretigny-Sur-Orge..
At least six people died and 22 were seriously injured when a train derailed and hit the platform at a station in central France on Friday, leaving several carriages torn open and one lying on its side.
The train - a regional service that travels more slowly than France's TGV express trains - veered off the track en route from Paris to the city of Limoges at the station of Bretigny-sur-Orge, 26 km (16 miles) south of Paris.
Transport minister Frederic Cuvillier and President of the SNCF train operator Guillaume Pepypaid their respects at the Gare de Lyon in Paris.
Meanwhile in Bretigny-Sur-Orge operations were underway to lift the collapsed train carriage off the tracks to check for bodies possibly trapped underneath.
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