List of Russian rail accidents

List of Russian rail accidents includes:

Contents 1 1882 2 1888 3 1987 4 1988 5 1989 6 1992 7 1996 8 2006 9 2007 10 2009 11 See also 12 References

1882

• 13 July - Tcherny railway accident near Tcherny, Russia. A train was derailed and more than 150 people killed.

1888

• Borki train disaster: An imperial train, carrying Alexander III derailed. 23 killed.

1987

• 7 August - Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster: A freight train collided with standing passenger train in Kamenskaya station, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Oblast, killing 106.

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

• 4 June Ufa train disaster, the worst, 645 killed, 700 wounded.

1992

• 3 March - Podsosenka train disaster. 43 people killed and 108 injured.

1996

• 26 September - collision between a diesel locomotive and a school bus between Bataysk and Salsk in Rostov Oblast. 19 killed, including 18 children. 28 September was declared a national day of mourning.^[1]

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

• 13 August - a high-speed intercity passenger train Nevsky Express heading to St. Petersburg from Moscow (Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway) derailed shortly before reaching Malaya Vishera after a bomb explosion. No one was killed, but the railway traffic was blocked in both directions for a few days.^[3][4]

2009

• 27 November - The 2009 Bologoye derailment occurred when Nevsky Express derailed on exactly the same line as the 2007 incident.

See also

• Lists of rail accidents
• List of rail accidents by country

References