Ufa train disaster

When

4 Jun 1989

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

54.95° N, 57.09° E

Description

train wreck

Deaths

575

1989 railway accident in Iglinksy District, Bashkir SSR, Soviet Union

The Ufa train disaster was a railway accident that occurred in the Iglinsky District of the Bashkir ASSR, Soviet Union on 4 June 1989, killing 575 people and injuring 800 more. It is the second-deadliest rail disaster in Soviet/Russian history after the 1944 Vereshchyovka train disaster, and the deadliest to occur during peacetime.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “苏联乌法发生铁路事故：离线路1300米的输气管道爆炸导致两列火车上575人死亡，800人受伤。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page