MOSCOW: A potential railway tragedy was narrowly avoided in Russia's Voronezh Region after an explosive device damaged a section of tra...
MOSCOW: A potential railway tragedy was narrowly avoided in Russia's Voronezh Region after an explosive device damaged a section of track shortly before a train's arrival. According to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), the incident is being investigated as a terrorist act.
Circumstances
- Several trains were halted due to damage to the railroad at the Yevdakovo-Saguny crossing.
- No casualties were reported, Governor Alexander Gusev confirmed on Telegram.
Investigation
- The FSB reported that the explosion occurred early in the morning just ahead of a passing train.
- Emergency braking by the alert train driver and crew prevented a disaster.
- Preliminary findings support initiating criminal proceedings under Article 205 of the Russian Criminal Code (Terrorism).
- A full investigation is underway, and authorities are inspecting the scene.
Response and recovery
- The South-Eastern Railway's press service announced that a crisis management center has been established.
- One track at the affected crossing has already reopened following an infrastructure inspection.
- Restoration work on the second track is ongoing.
- Russian Railways is taking measures to minimize delays.
Traffic disruptions
- Train movement by Crimea’s Grand Service Express was temporarily suspended.
- Five of its trains traveling to or from Crimea experienced delays.
- The Federal Passenger Company (FPC), a Russian Railways subsidiary, reported delays affecting 21 long-distance trains.
- Impacted routes include destinations such as Adler, Sukhumi, Anapa, Kislovodsk, Imereti resort, Yekaterinburg, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Sosnogorsk, Vologda, and Nizhny Novgorod.
- Train crews are assisting affected passengers as needed.
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