List of Russian rail accidents
List of Russian rail accidents includes:
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1888
1987
1988
- Forst Zinna, East Germany – a Soviet tank gets stuck on a level crossing and is hit by express train. 6 die, 33 are injured.
- 4 June - Arzamas train disaster – spark from electric train ignites gas leak. 91 killed
1989
1992
1996
2006
- 12 January - a collision between a bus and a train in Russia killed 22 people and badly injured another 6. All the victims were workers at a factory on their way home aboard the bus, which was almost unrecognisable after the crash. Police say the accident happened at an unpatrolled railway level crossing in heavy fog south of Moscow. The train's engine car derailed but no-one on the train was hurt.[2]
- 18 September - between stations Ikorets and Bityug. A collision between freight train 3040 moving backward without control with train 2104, stopped at red signal behind. 43 freight cars fully damaged. No one was hurt.
2007
2009
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