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| Russian passenger train derails | Russian passenger train derails |
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| Casualties are feared after at least three carriages of a passenger express train derailed between Russia's two main cities. | Casualties are feared after at least three carriages of a passenger express train derailed between Russia's two main cities. |
| The carriages came off the track on Friday evening as the train was travelling from Moscow to St Petersburg, Russian media report. | |
| The cause of the crash is unclear so far. There was no official confirmation of casualties. | The cause of the crash is unclear so far. There was no official confirmation of casualties. |
| But police and transport sources were quoted as saying they feared injuries. | But police and transport sources were quoted as saying they feared injuries. |
| Four carriages on the train came off the rails at 2137 local time (1837 GMT) as the train was travelling between Aleshinka in Tver region and Uglovka in Novgorod region, Russian Railways told Russia's Interfax news agency in a statement. | |
| Other sources spoke of three carriages and one unnamed transport source told Interfax that a number of people may have been killed. | |
| Russian media named the train as the Neva Express. | |
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