Electric train derailment at the switching point at Kurovskaya station of the Moscow Railway on August 8, 2025
On August 8, 2025, at 6:20 a.m., at Kurovskaya station of the Moscow Railway, during the transfer of an electric train from the tracks of the Kurovskaya multiple unit depot, TChPrig-26, to the receiving and departure track
of the No. 4 track of the Kurovskaya railway station, commuter electric train No. 6809 ED4M-0193, assigned to the multiple unit depot
TChPrig-26 Kurovskaya, under the control of driver K*** D.G. and assistants K*** S.E., was allowed to pass the M81 shunting signal with a prohibiting signal. The depot TChPrig-4 Zheleznodorozhnaya followed by the derailment of lead car No. 13003405
on the unloading ostyak No. 113SO with all wheelsets.
Circumstances:
At 6:09 a.m., station duty officer K*** L.S. prepared a route for electric train No. 6902
from signal M101 to the prohibiting signal M41.
At 6:19 a.m., station duty officer K*** L.S. prepared a route for electric train No. 6902
from signal M101 to the prohibiting signal M81.
At 6:21 a.m., station duty officer K*** L.S. prepared a route for electric train No. 6902 from
signal M41 to the prohibiting signal NM4 on the 4th departure track.
At 6:00 a.m. At 22:00 a.m., station duty officer K*** L.S. noticed on the control instruments that section 105-107SP was occupied and began calling the driver of commuter train #6809, which was at signal #81.
At 7:00 a.m., the driver of commuter train #6809 reported that the lead car #13003405 had derailed with all wheelsets on switch #113SO.
The clearance of the adjacent track was not violated.
Violations by transport personnel:
Investigation underway.
Additional information:
Air temperature – +17℃, cloudy, no precipitation, northwest wind 2.6 m/s, air humidity 83.0%
Electric train ED4M-0193, built 09.03.2007, overhauled 03.06.2021, registered at
Kurovskaya railcar depot, TChprig26.
At 7:39 AM, DNC-15, A.V. Markov, issued order No. 94 to lift
repair train 8002.
At 9:40 AM, work to lift car No. 13003405 of ED4M-0193 was completed.
Station personnel information:
Station duty officer K***L.S. – Higher education, in office since February 1, 2012; total experience in transport since July 19, 2004; risk group: "unlikely."
Train Station Duty Officer L*** T.G. – Secondary vocational education, in office since October 13, 2016; total experience in transport since July 20, 1990;
risk group: "unlikely."
Shunting Dispatcher K*** D.A. – Higher education, in office since July 2, 2025; total experience in transport since September 1, 2022; risk group: "Group 1."
Consequences:
As a result, car #13003405 derailed. No injuries.
Electric train #6809 cancelled. Electric train #6390 was delayed 16 minutes after departure.
Investigating:
The case is being investigated by Acting Head of RBZ-Ter 1 E.D. Ovsyanikov, DCS-8 A.I. Pomernyuk, DIZ-Ter
Persidskiy S.V., DMV Firman V.V., TCh-4 Mamontov Yu.N., TChprig26 A.A. Zhilitskiy, PC-8 Bodrov
V.V., Acting Head of ShCh-6
Vityaev V.V., DS Kurovskaya D.A. Zelenskiy
P.S. There's a strange mix-up with the train numbers.
