VLADIVOSTOK (Far East), July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Passenger train services on the trans-Siberian rail network are fully back to normal after a major derailment earlier in July, a Far Eastern railroad company spokesman said Monday.
Eleven coal wagons derailed at the Far Eastern, Amur, section of the rail line connecting European Russia with the Far East, Wednesday when 45 trains were stopped and the section was shut down. No one was injured.
"All passenger trains are arriving and departing according to schedule. The accident clear up operation July 12, led to 16-17 hour train delays," spokesman Alexander Artamonov said.
The derailment occurred when 12 rear cars came loose from the main train. About 300 meters of track and one power line post were damaged. Train services both in western and eastern directions were suspended.
A similar accident occurred in the Urals a day earlier, when a passenger train derailed injuring nine people.
