A major accident occurred on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line in Moscow on Wednesday morning, 11 October: two metro trains collided at Pechatniki station.
After the accident, the movement from Dubrovka to Lyublino was paralyzed for a few hours. The Moscow Department of Transport was forced to launch free compensatory buses for the inconvenienced Muscovites and guests of the capital.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, wrote about the accident in his Telegram channel. According to the mayor, five people were injured in the accident: the driver and several passengers.
The driver has medium severity injuries, life is not in danger. The other victims have minor injuries, their condition is satisfactory, nothing threatens their life and health. All five victims were hospitalized, undergoing further examination, necessary assistance is being provided.
The Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin.
The Telegram channel "Auto Stream" reports that the cause of the collision might have been the last running example of the rare metro train "Yauza". Its brakes failed.
Now the movement is being restored, but the destiny of "Yauza" is unknown. The example was the last one moving outside the museum walls.
"Yauza" in Moscow
The "Yauza" metro train is first among similar projects for Russia, and the smallest in number. Only 14 lead cars of the 81-720 model and 35 intermediate cars of the 81-721 model were produced.
"Yauza" began to be developed at the VAZ Research Center in the late eighties and applied a number of new concepts for metro cars. But the first copies of the series began to be built only in 1998.
"Yauza" received a stainless steel body, headlights and signal lights like those of a car, comfortable chairs, an automatic fire extinguishing system, and a ventilation system.
It was this model that first introduced familiar displays announcing the name of the next station, and the driver received a personal air conditioner and a convenient control panel.
The train had a smoother ride due to the air suspension, a capacity of more than 300 people in each car, higher speed and savings of almost 15% compared to predecessors.
However, Russia's industry of that period could not pull off so many technological innovations, the already assembled cars often broke down, and eventually the assembly of "Yauzas" was terminated in 2004.