Incidents Russian Railways

About the Dataset

This dataset is a collection of incidents on the railway network in Russia from 2022 to 2025. The dataset has been collected from various sources, including Telegram channels, Twitter, and news websites. The incidents are classified into different criteria. The dataset contains information about:

Analytical Dashboards

Dashboard - Analytical dashboard with the incidents on the Russian railway network.

Motivation

Following the news related to the war in Ukraine, mainly via Twitter, I saw, during 2024, a lot of news about incidents on the Russian railway networks. I decided to list and classify all the incidents I could find on Twitter, Telegram and sometimes sites. I wanted to have a dataset that could be used to analyze the incidents and understand the impact of the war on the Russian railway network.

Classification

The incidents are classified into the principal categories:

• Derailment
• Sabotage
• Fire
• Collision
• Attack
• Other

• Date: Date of the incident.
• Region: Region where the incident occurred.
• Location: Location more specific of the incident.
• Gps: GPS coordinates of the incident if available.
• Damaged Equipment: Equipment that was damaged during the incident.
• Incident Type: Type of incident that occurred.
• Collision With: Equipment that the train collided with.
• Partisans Group: Group of partisans involved in the incident.
• Partisans Arrest: Whether the partisans involved in the incident were arrested.
• Partisans Age: Age of the partisans involved in the incident.
• Partisans Names: Names of the partisans involved in the incident.
• Applicable Laws: One of the law that were applicable to the partisans involved in the incident.
• Source Links: Links to the sources of the incident.

Twitter X Accounts

• LX
• Intelschizo
• Prune60
• NOELreports
• Igor Sushko

Telegram Channels

• Electrichki
• Astra News
• SHOT
• Atesh
• Legion of Freedom
• VD Legion of Freedom
• Enews112
• TeleRZD
• Mzd Rzd
• Magistral Kuvalda
• NSKZD
• News ZSZD
• D4msk
• Rospartizan
• Boakom
• RDPSRU
• Ostanovi Vagony 2023
• Activatica
• Russvolcorps