Seven cars of the Chelyabinsk-Moscow train left the tracks in the Ulyanovsk region. This was reported by the press service of Russian Railways on Friday, April 3.
Emergency services are at the scene and traffic is limited in the area. There is no information about the victims at this time.
To eliminate the consequences of derailment, rescue trains set off from Ulyanovsk, Bugulma, Syzran and Ruzaevka stations.
“At 06:26 Moscow time, near Briandino station (Ulyanovsk region), seven cars of passenger train No. 302 Chelyabinsk-Moscow derailed.” cable-Conveyor channel.
On February 5, 11 cars loaded with coal derailed on the Khiluk-Jershilon section of the Trans-Baikal Railway. The accident did not affect the movement of passenger trains.
Freight cars carrying gasoline derailed and caught fire in the Tambov region on February 4. Due to the accident, train traffic in the area was temporarily halted, and Russian Railways established an operations headquarters to eliminate the consequences of the fire. Later, a video clip of an explosion that occurred on railway lines in Michurinsk appeared on the Internet.