22:10, 22 February 2010

Train traffic near Sochi interrupted by a mudslide restored

The square in front of the railway station of Sochi. Photo by the "Caucasian Knot"

In the area of the Big Sochi clearing of the railway track from the mud is over. Train traffic was completely resumed at 9:14 a.m. Moscow time, reports Nikolai Shustov, head of the Department for Sochi of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE).

The mudslide blocked the railway on February 22 at about 5 in the morning in the area of Chemitokvadzhe village. The mudflow rushed down in front of the Adler-Vorkuta train, the operator of which managed to use the emergency braking. In total, 12 passenger trains moving to Adler and back were stopped; now each of them is 3-5 hours behind the schedule.

More than 70 persons, two emergency-repair trains and two bulldozers took part in the recovery actions. Now, the trains go in both directions, as the "Interfax" reports.