List of Russian rail accidents

This is a list of Russian rail accidents.

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13 July – Tcherny railway accident: a train was derailed near Tcherny, Russia, and more than 40 people killed.

29 October – Borki train disaster: An imperial train carrying Alexander III derailed. 23 killed.

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

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: Three goods wagons carrying a total of 118 tons of hexogen (RDX) exploded on a railway crossing in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast (now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast), 91 killed and 1500 injured.
16 August – Aurora train derailment: Bologoye derailment occurred express train "Avrora", 31 killed.

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.

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.

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]

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.

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.

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]

27 November – 2009 Nevsky Express bombing: The 2009 Bologoye derailment occurred when Nevsky Express derailed on exactly the same line as the 2007 incident; 28 killed, 96 injured.

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.