List of Russian rail accidents

List of Russian rail accidents

List of Russian rail accidents includes:

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.

1989

* 4 June - Arzamas train disaster - spark from electric train ignites gas leak. 91 killed

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 national day of mourning. [ru iconcite web|url = http://www.rian.ru/spravka/20070321/62329953.html| title = Траурные дни в России| date=2007-03-21| publisher = "RIA Novosti"]

2006

* 12 January - a collision between a bus and a train in Russia kills 21 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.

2007

* August 13 - an intercity passenger train 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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6945261 'Explosion' derails Russian train] . BBC News Online, August 14, 2007] [ [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/14/russia.train.reut/index.html Russia investigates train blast] , CNN, August 14, 2007.]

ee also

* List of rail accidents

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