2014 Moscow Metro derailment

2014 Moscow Metro derailment
Details
Date15 July 2014
LocationMoscow
Coordinates55°44′11″N 37°30′56″E / 55.73639°N 37.51556°E / 55.73639; 37.51556
CountryRussia
Line#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
OperatorMoscow Metro
Incident typeDerailment
CauseIncorrectly installed switch.
Statistics
Deaths24[1]
Injured160 (estimated)[2]
Track diagram
#8 Kalininskaya line to Minskaya (U/C) Up arrow
Crash site
Platforms of Park Pobedy

On 15 July 2014, at around 8:40 am MSK (UTC+04:00), 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.[1][2] Early reports suggested a power surge or a terrorist attack to be the cause of the derailment, but both were soon dismissed.

This accident was the deadliest ever recorded in the history of the Moscow metro system, and the second to occur due to a technical failure (after the 1982 Aviamotornaya escalator accident).[3]

  1. ^ a b Число жертв аварии в московском метро увеличилось до 24 человек [The number of victims in the Moscow metro has increased by up to 24 people] (in Russian). ITAR-TASS. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b Alla Eshchenko; Laura Smith-Spark; Holly Yan (15 July 2014). "Report: 22 killed in Moscow train derailment". CNN. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  3. ^ Авария эскалатора на станции "Авиамоторная" [Aviamotornaya escalator accident]. metro.molot.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 August 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.