List of Russian rail accidents

List of Russian rail accidents includes:

1882

• 13 July – Tcherny railway accident: a train was derailed near Tcherny, Russia, and more than 150 people killed.

1888

Borki train disaster

• 29 October – 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

• 19 January – Forst Zinna rail disaster: a Soviet tank in Forst Zinna, East Germany gets stuck on a level crossing and is hit by express train, 6 killed, 33 are injured.
• 4 June – Arzamas train disaster: spark from electric train ignites gas leak, 91 killed.
• 16 August – Aurora train derailment: Bologoye derailment occurred express train "Avrora", 31 killed.

1989

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

1992

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

1996

• 26 September – Bataysk train disaster: a 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 – Krasnodar train disaster: 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 Krasnodar. The train's engine car derailed but no-one on the train was hurt.^[2]

• 18 September – Ikorets train disaster: a collision between stations Ikorets and Bityug, 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 – 2007 Nevsky Express bombing: 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 – 2009 Nevsky Express bombing: 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