Were you only worried about pickpockets? http://news.travel.aol.com/2011/07/08/french-bandits-hold-up-train-near-marseilles/
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Vernon, Canada
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Frank II, This is certainly an interesting development! Perhaps they've been reading too many novels about the "old west". I had a look at several different versions of this story, and apparently they only robbed the freight train, which was reportedly carrying "consumer goods". It sounds like they knew what they were after. From what I've seen, none of the passengers were robbed, but their train was damaged after striking the barricade. As a result they had to walk 500 M. or so to a level crossing to be evacuated. Cheers!