List of rail accidents in Egypt explained

This list of rail accidents in Egypt provides details of significant railway crashes in Egypt involving railway rolling stocks.

List

DateKilledInjuredTypeDetails
align=right 48 0 fire The rear cars of a passenger train from Alexandria to Cairo, crowded with passengers due to the Eid al-Adha holiday, caught fire on the approach to Benha station. Many passengers jumped from the moving train rather than waiting for the station. Altogether 48 people are killed.
align=right 28 Many Run over People awaiting the arrival of President Mohammed Naguib's train on a visit to Ibyar and Kafr El Zayat station pressed forward onto the track where a Cairo to Alexandria express was approaching; 28 were killed, including three policemen, and many injured.
align=right 0 Hundreds Derailment A speeding express train of the Egyptian state railways plunged into a deep canal near Maghagha in southern Egypt, with hundreds of injuries reported.[1]
align=right 25–70 0 Derailment As an 11-car Cairo to Aswan express passed Asyut at about 70sigfig=2NaNsigfig=2, eight cars derailed. Newspaper reports showed 70 people killed, but official sources listed only 25.
align=right 22 46 Collision One train crashed into the rear of another south of Cairo, and ended up with a baggage car standing vertically on its end that was crushed between the locomotive and the first passenger car. At least 22 people were killed in the accident and 46 injured.
align=right 383 0 fire 2002 El Ayyat railway accident A train packed to double capacity catches fire, killing 383 people.
align=right 57 128 Collision Qalyoub train collision – Two trains collided in Qalyoub, 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Cairo, killing 57 people and injuring 128.
align=right 5 30 Collision A passenger train collided with a freight train north of Cairo, killing five people and injuring 30.[2] [3]
align=right 44 33 Collision At least 44 people were killed and 33 injured when a truck failed to stop at a level crossing and pushed two vehicles into a MatruhAlexandria passenger train, at El Dabaa, Marsa Matruh.[4]
align=right 18 0 Collision 2009 El Ayyat railway accident – A passenger train was stopped after striking a water buffalo in the El Ayyat area of Giza. Another passenger train, travelling in the same direction, later ran into the back of the stationary train, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people.[5]
align=right 15 Derailment A passenger train struck wooden planks and chunks of metal put down by people to cross the tracks and derailed at Giza, injuring fifteen passengers.[6]
align=right 51 12 Collision Manfalut railway accident – A school bus carrying about 60 pre-school children was hit by a train near Manfalut, 350 km (230 miles) south of Cairo. At least 50 children and the bus driver died; more than a dozen people were injured. The Egyptian minister of transport, Mohamed Rashad Al Matini, resigned.[7]
align=right 19 230 Collision Badrashin railway accident – A passenger train derailed at Giza and collided with a freight train. Nineteen people died and 230 were injured.[8] [9]
align=right 7 0 Collision Seven were killed and scores injured when a train crashed into a truck in Giza. Reports said the gatekeeper forgot about the coming passenger train until a truck pulled out in front of the crossing.[10]
align=right 40 133 Collision Alexandria train collision

Two trains collided near Alexandria. 40 people were killed and 133 injured.[11]

align=right 15 Dozens Collision A head-on crash between two trains killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more near Cairo.[12]
align=right 25 50 Collision Ramses Station rail disaster

A train smashed into a barrier inside Ramses Station, causing a major explosion and a fire. More than 25 people died and at least 50 others were injured.[13]

align=right 18 200 Collision Sohag train collision

A passenger train ran into the rear of another near Sohag. At least 18 were killed, 200 injured. The prosecutor ordered the arrest of 8 rail officials.[14] [15]

align=right 0 15 Derailment Two cars of a passenger train, from Cairo to Mansoura, derailed at Minya al-Qamh. Fifteen people were injured.[16] [17]
align=right 23 139 Derailment Toukh train accident

Four carriages of a passenger train, from Cairo to Mansoura, derailed in Toukh. 23 people were killed and 139 were injured.[18]

align=right 1 3 Collision Train no. 115, travelling from Ismailia to Suez, crashed into a pickup truck towing a trailer and loaded with bricks at a level crossing in Suez’s Al-Amer village.[19] A technician was in detention for investigation.
align=right 2 16 Derailment Two people were killed and 16 others injured after a passenger train crashed into a station platform in Qalyub.[20]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. United Press, "Train Plunges Into Deep Canal; Many Casualties", The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Friday 23 March 1956, Volume LXII, Number 176,page 1.
  2. http://www.vlaky.net/servis/sprava.asp?lang=1&id=1369 Vlaky.Net
  3. News: Five dead in Egypt rail accident. BBC. September 5, 2006. September 6, 2006.
  4. News: Egyptian National Railways – Egypt . International Railway Journal . October 1, 2001 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20041126094224/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_10_41/ai_80898150 . November 26, 2004 .
  5. Web site: Many Dead as Two Trains Crash in Egypt. Sky News Online. October 25, 2009.
  6. News: Train derails in Egyptian capital Cairo . BBC News Online . 17 July 2012 . 17 July 2012.
  7. News: Egypt bus crash kills 50 children near Manfalut. BBC. 17 November 2012.
  8. News: Cairo train derailment leaves 19 dead . BBC News Online . 15 January 2013 . 15 January 2013.
  9. Web site: Egypt Salvation Front holds officials responsible for Badrashin accident . . 15 January 2013 . 2 March 2013.
  10. News: Update: Railway Authority to investigate Giza train crash . . Al-Masry Al-Youm . 31 January 2016 . 16 April 2016.
  11. News: Train collision in Egypt leaves dozens dead. CNN. 11 August 2017.
  12. Web site: At least 15 people have been killed in a train crash outside of Cairo. 28 February 2018. The Independent.
  13. Web site: Deadly fire after train crashes at Cairo's main station . . 27 February 2019 . 27 February 2019.
  14. Web site: 29 March 2021 . Egypt orders eight arrests over fatal train crash . 30 March 2021 . Gulf News.
  15. Web site: Egypt orders arrests of eight over fatal train crash: Prosecutor . 2022-12-16 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
  16. News: 15 people injured after train derailed in Egypt's Sharqiya . . 18 April 2021.
  17. Web site: El-Sheikh . Sarah . April 15, 2021 . 15 injured as Minya Al-Qamh train derails . December 16, 2022 . Daily News Egypt.
  18. News: 2021-04-20 . Egypt's Sunday train accident killed 23, says public prosecutor . en . Reuters . 2022-12-19.
  19. Web site: 2021-04-28 . Egypt's prosecution detains railway technician over deadly train crash in Suez . 2022-12-16 . EgyptToday.
  20. News: Tawfeeq . Mohammed. 2023-03-07 . Two dead, 16 injured in train derailment in Egypt . 2023-03-07 . CNN.