2004 in the history of rail transport

In Russia

• As part of the “International Transport Corridor North-South” project, Railways brought a branch of the Volga Railway to the international port of Olya on the Caspian Sea .
• The reconstruction of the Yaroslavl direction of the MZD on the section from the Yaroslavsky station to the station Mytishchi
• January 11 - an incident with the train number 1908 , during which, due to a mental disorder of a machinist, a heavy freight train weighing 5,175 tons traveled a number of stations, despite the prohibitive readings of traffic lights . Stopped it only by turning off the power.
• February - From the Yaroslavsky railway station to the city ​​of Mytishchi , the accelerated “Sputnik” electric train was launched.

In the world

• February 18 - A crash occurred near Nishapur ( en ) ( Nishapur ) in Iran . A train of 51 cars carrying cargo of gasoline , fertilizers and sulfur exploded, killing 320 people.
• April 22 - In North Korea, in the province of Phenan Pukko, a freight train was detonated at the Yonchon railway station. At least 160 people died, including 76 children, at least 15 people died later in the hospital, at least 1,249 people were injured, 1,850 houses and buildings were completely destroyed, partially - 6350, an indefinite amount of ammonium nitrate was sprayed into the air ^[1] .
• On June 16, in India, in the state of Maharashtra , near the city of Raigad, 11 wagons of the Matsyagandha Express, which followed the Mumbai - Mangalore route, fell from a bridge into the river. The reason - adverse weather conditions. 20 people died, more than 100 people were injured ^[1] .
• December 14 in India in the state of Punjab in the Hoshyarpur region, two passenger trains collided. At least 50 people died, at least 250 people were injured ^[1] .
• December 26 - The collapse of Peralia (Sri Lanka): the giant waves created by the Indian Ocean earthquake reached the south-west coast of Sri Lanka where they destroyed a crowded passenger train located near the coast. About 1,700 people died - the largest train accident in history .

• Founded Transnistrian railway .

• NEVZ produced the first 2ES5K electric locomotives.
• The operation of Shinkansen 800 electric trains has begun on the Kyushu Shinkansen network of Japanese high-speed Shinkansen highways.
• March 12 - the first electric locomotive of the series KZ4A is released

Passed away

• December 27 - Georgy Kirpa , Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine, Honorary Railway Man of Ukraine, suicide.

1. ↑ ^{1 2 3} Chronicle of the largest railway accidents and disasters in the world. reference