2014 Moscow Metro derailment

When

15 Jul 2014

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

55.74° N, 37.52° E

Description

train wreck on Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of Moscow Metro on July 15, 2014

Deaths

23

Injured

160

Train accident in Russia

On 15 July 2014, at around 8:40 am MSK (UTC+03:00), an outbound Moscow Metro train derailed between Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. Casualties reported include 24 dead and 160 injured. Early reports suggested a power surge or a terrorist attack to be the cause of the derailment, but both were soon dismissed.

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