“Today at 13:09 (Moscow time) on the Tolkai-Novootradnaya stretch of the two-track electrified section Kinel-Abdulino (Samara region), 15 cars of a freight train descended.

Recovery trains from Bezymyanka and Abdulino stations have been sent to the site, ”the message says.

A commission headed by the head of the Kuibyshev railway left for the scene of the incident.

An operational headquarters was created to coordinate the restoration work.

In March, 25 freight train cars derailed in the Trans-Baikal Territory.