Yesterday’s accident where a freight train collided with a kamaz vehicle belonging to Esto LLC on the railroad crossing near Sky Resort ski centre caused damage to 200 meters of the rail road. Four people were injured and taken to hospital. Two locomotives were derailed and forced to the sides of the rails and the kamaz vehicle that crossed the train`s path rolled onto it’s roof. 

The 416th crossing was in closed mode meaning the barrier was down. Vehicles should not have been allowed across the tracks.

Esto LLC, contract operator with Ulaanbaatar Railway, was responsible for locking and unlocking the gates but the company failed to lock the gate at around 7:20 am on Tuesday.

Because of the derailing of the damaged train and the accident involving the heavy vehicle the train traffic was held up and passengers were taken by bus to the city.

Ulaanbaatar Railway staff evacuated the crashed train and the kamaz vehicle from the site and finished repairing the damaged 200 meter long railroad at around 10:00 pm on Tuesday August 13th. The train traffic that was held up at Khonkhor and Amgalan stations can now flow again.

According to a statement by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Road and Transportation the accident caused a delay of trains on six different routes and a 4 million US dollar loss.