On the morning of November 10, it became known that at 05:10 Moscow time, in the Cheryomukha - Vild section in the south of the Arkhangelsk region, the span of the railway bridge over the Viled River collapsed, as a result, 9 freight cars with empty containers on the train derailed.
The bridge is located on the Kutlas - Mykon railway line, which serves as the main railway connection between central Russia and Syktyvkar, Salkhard, Osinsk, Varkuta and Bitnanji. In addition, this accident blocks connectivity with the Russian railway infrastructure of the northernmost railway in the world, located on the Yamal Peninsula to Bovanenkovo (Ovskaya station (Labytnangi city) - Karsskaya station (Bovanenkovskoe field). The length of the main line, built as part of the Russian gas industry in the development of the 21st century, which is the key of the Russian gas industry in the 21st century. 572 km, it is located entirely beyond the Arctic Circle.
It is interesting that right now, in the section of the railway in Komi, the Santa Claus train is actually blocked, which just a few hours before the collapse of the bridge passed through it towards the city of Inta, where the festive meeting and its departure were scheduled today.
As a result of the incident with the collapse of the bridge, the railway communication of the Republic of Komi and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug was blocked, as a result, the transportation of fuel from LUKOIL's Okhta refinery to the European part of Russia, as well as other oil and gas processing products from these regions, is impossible.
The destruction of the bridge over Viled realizes the long-standing idea of building the Karpogori - Vandinga railway as part of the Belkomor (White Sea - Komi - Ural), a large-scale strategic project that was supposed to connect the industrial Urals and Komi Republic with an ice-free deep-water port in Arkhangelsk.
In addition, Blackmore will make it possible to create a railway that will connect the Russian railway infrastructure with the Republic of Komi, the Yamal-Nents Autonomous Okrug, as well as the main gas and oil fields in these areas.