Moscow [Russia], January 9: A freight train on Monday evening collided with an empty train when running along the Trans-Baikal Railway, causing 14 of its carriages to derail, said the regional branch of the Russian Emergencies Ministry.
"The accident occurred on the Bushuley-Aleur section, where the middle part of the locomotive of an empty freight train traveling in the opposite direction hit the carriages of a loaded freight train. The traffic was suspended in both directions," the ministry said.
The accident took place at 19:17 Moscow time (1517 GMT). Several passenger trains were delayed due to the accident.
Passenger trains No. 2 Moscow-Vladivostok and No. 392 Chita-Blagoveshchensk were halted at the Chernyshevsk station, Russian Railways said on Telegram.
No casualties or environmental threats were reported and the causes of the incident are being investigated, it added.
Source: Xinhua
