State of emergency in the Rostov region led to the delay of trains traveling through Volgograd

The movement of trains traveling through Volgograd was adjusted due to the descent of cars on the double-Elmut stretch of the North Caucasus railway in the Rostov region. There are no casualties, the amount of damage is determined.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Rostov region, an emergency mode was introduced in the Orel district: 27 cars came off the paths, 25 of them overturned. Investigative authorities conduct a procedural inspection.

The changes affected the departure time of four trains from the initial stations. Train No. 14 Sirius – Saratov left on September 21 not earlier than 21.30 instead of 18.02, No. 270 Adler – Chita – not earlier than 23.30 instead of 17.22, No. 346 Adler – Nizhnevartovsk – not earlier than 20.00 instead of 19.10, No. 254 Novorossiysk – Ufa – not earlier than 20.10 instead of 19.15. Thus, the wait was from one to six hours.

The Russian Railways stressed that passengers are informed of all changes in SMS and do everything possible to restore traffic and reduce the backlog from the schedule. Up-to-date data on the actual movement of trains can be obtained in the mobile application, on the website, as well as by round-the-clock phone number of the Customer Support Center: 8-800-775-00-00, the call is free from anywhere in Russia.