Who are these rail guerrillas that sabotage the tracks in Russia?

Image: Telegram. Stop the Wagons, Telegram

The explosion on the railways of Russia near the border with Belarus was claimed by the guerrilla group Stop the Wagons, and it was not their first act of resistance. Who are these ‘rail guerrillas’, and what is their aim?

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Author: Majorie van Leijen

Majorie van Leijen is the editor-in-chief of RailFreight.com, the online magazine for rail freight professionals.

1 comment op “Who are these rail guerrillas that sabotage the tracks in Russia?”

bönström bönström|29.10.22|22:10

Good question!…
(Broken rails should not be, by far most frequent single cause of derailments – all over…)
Seriousely, just a minority is winner, at current railway standards, optimal, a century ago…
(In EU, in fact, now majority is targeted, imposed extras, advocated by shortcomings of railways – thus, decisively Goal of EU, nearness to Market, is obstructed – by Commission…)

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