Moscow Metro tunnel collapse.

Yeah, supposedly they were putting up a billboard but weren't authorised to do so.

Get the 'Page not found when I click the link

I don't generally view this board, but I just saw a 60 second news clip on one of the BBC channels and came on here when I realised what this thread was about (it's not too obvious from the home page, and I don't use the view recent post's option).

Blimey!!
No one hurt? that's very lucky all things considered. Thanks for the pics Dimitri (links working fine ) - it helps to put it into perspective after reading news reports that like to sensationalise story's.

That line from Dmitri’s quote really takes the biscuit – like it was some kind of trapped worm!

It was a good job that the service was intense enough that the first pile penetration caused only minor damage to the train and no injuries. Had they succeeded in putting all four concrete piles down in front of the train it is unlikely the driver and some passengers would have survived. How the BBC can infer that this incident can be related to ‘failing infrastructure’ I do not know. If someone tried the same pile driving trick anywhere on the Circle line it would achieve the same result.

Thanks for posting those pics, Dmitri, and putting the record straight. The BBC ought to know better.

Just think, before Glasnost and the end of Communism in Russia, I doubt we would have known about this at all.

To tubeoperator92: nice to hear it works now .

WRT the BBC article - I don't know if they used an inadequate information, were too quick to jump to the conclusions or just were in a desperate need for sensation . As I think (and I hope that drivers will agree with me), under those circumstances, first and foremost was detraining passengers and leading them to the station, and not in-depth examination of the stuff overhanging from the tunnel roof.

Last night, the affected part of the line closed an hour earlier (0:00 instead of 1:00) to continue repair workings. Daytime service is not affected.

Legal proceedings were instituted against the company that carried out the unauthorised construction works.