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This is a list of Russian rail accidents.

1882

1888

Borki train disaster

1987

1988

1989

  • 4 June – Ufa train wreck: Natural gas leaking from a pipeline is ignited by wheel sparks from two trains traveling near the site of the leak; the resulting explosion killed 645 and injured 700 in the worst railway accident in Soviet and Russian history.

1992

  • 3 March – Podsosenka train disaster: A passenger train inbound from Riga to Moscow failed to stop at a red signal and collided with an oncoming freight train at Podsosenka station near Nelidovo, Tver Oblast; the collision started a fire which spread to the passenger cars; 43 people killed and 108 injured.

1996

2003

  • 5 December – 2003 Stavropol train bombing: A suicide bomber blew himself up on a commuter train as it was leaving Yessentuki inbound for Mineralnye Vody from Kislovodsk; at least are 46 killed and more than 170 are injured.

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

2009

2014

  • 20 May – Naro-Fominsk rail crash: A Moldovan Railways passenger train crashed into a Ukrainian Railways freight train that had derailed near Nara station in Naro-Fominsk, killing nine and injuring 51.

See also

References

  1. ^ Траурные дни в России (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 2007-03-21.
  2. ^ AP, AFP (January 13, 2006). "Some 22 Killed When Russian Train Collides With Bus". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
  3. ^ 'Explosion' derails Russian train. BBC News. August 14, 2007
  4. ^ Russia investigates train blast, CNN, August 14, 2007.