In the south of the Arkhangelsk region collapsed railway bridge

Today, at 5:10 a.m., an incident occurred at Viledi railway station, which resulted in the collapse of a railway bridge over the Viledi River. This was reported by the Governor of the Arkhangelsk region Alexander Tsybulsky.

There was a descent of freight train cars. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties. The government of the Arkhangelsk region has created an operational headquarters that coordinates work to eliminate the consequences of the incident. The Minister of Transport of the region arrived.

- Now one of our main tasks is to help passengers whose trains are delayed, the governor said. We are in touch with Russian Railways and jointly select ground transport for the transportation of passengers.

The reasons and circumstances of the incident are clarified by law enforcement agencies.

Traffic on the site has been suspended, recovery trains have been sent to the site. Passenger train delays are expected. At the stations Solvychegodsk and Kotlas-South detained trains No. 310 Adler — Vorkuta, No. 98 St. Petersburg — Syktyvkar, No. 22 Moscow — Labytnangi and No. 376 Moscow — Vorkuta. Trains No. 311 Vorkuta-Novorossiysk, No. 41 Vorkuta-Moscow, No. 21 Labytnangi-Moscow and No. 375 Vorkuta-Moscow are detained at Viledi station.

Between the stations Kotlas-South and Viledi organize the delivery of passengers by buses, for further travel prepared reserve trains. Information about the movement of trains can be obtained in the appendix “RZD Passengers”, on the website of Russian Railways and by phone 8-800-775-00-00.