Arzamas train disaster
| Arzamas explosion / Arzamas train disaster | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Date | 4 June 1988 9:32 |
| Location | Arzamas-1 station |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Incident type | Explosion |
| Statistics | |
| Deaths | 91 |
| Injured | 1,500 |
The Arzamas explosion, also known as the Arzamas train disaster, was a railway accident that occurred on June 4, 1988, in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, Soviet Union, when an explosion at a railway crossing killed 91 people and injured 1,500. The Arzamas train disaster occurred exactly a year before the Ufa train disaster, one of the deadliest railway accidents in Soviet and Russian history.