Fuel truck crash delays Moscow-Chelyabinsk train
A fuel truck collided with a passenger train in Mordovia, Russia, causing delays of up to nearly three hours for several trains.
Apr 25, 2026 0
Emergency services released footage from the scene of the collision.
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Due to a road traffic accident on railway tracks in Mordovia, train No. 14 traveling from Moscow to Chelyabinsk was delayed by 1 hour 44 minutes. This was reported on 4 February by the press service of the Kuybyshev Railway.
At night, a fuel truck and a passenger train on the Ulyanovsk–Moscow route collided on a stretch of track. «The train driver applied emergency braking, but the distance was insufficient, and the collision could not be avoided,» the railway administration said. According to preliminary data, the truck driver was injured, while passengers and the locomotive crew did not seek medical assistance.
As a result of the accident, the truck was pinned under the locomotive, and the driver«s cab was also damaged.
The incident led to delays for five passenger trains:
- No. 14 Moscow–Chelyabinsk (by 1 hour 44 minutes);
- No. 21 Ulyanovsk–Moscow (by 2 hours 59 minutes);
- No. 31 Orsk–Moscow (by 2 hours 31 minutes);
- No. 42 Moscow–Saransk (by 1 hour 13 minutes);
- No. 65 Tolyatti–Moscow (by 2 hours 16 minutes).
The EMERCOM administration for Mordovia clarified that the Scania truck was carrying an empty gasoline tanker. The estimated time for restoring traffic is 8 hours.
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