List of rail accidents in Egypt

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

Date Killed Injured Type Details
April 29, 1931 48 0 fire The rear cars of a passenger train from Alexandria to Cairo, crowded with passengers due to the Eid al-Adha holiday, catch fire on the approach to Benha station. Many passengers jump from the moving train rather than waiting for the station. Altogether 48 people are killed.[1]
January 30, 1954 28 Many Run over President Mohammed Naguib visits Ibyar, a village devastated by fire, then goes to Kafr El Zayat station to board his special train. People eager to meet him press forward onto the track where a Cairo to Alexandria express is approaching; 28 are killed, including three policemen, and many injured.[2][3]
March 23, 1956 0 Hundreds Derailment A speeding express train of the Egyptian state railways plunges into a deep canal near Maghagha in southern Egypt, with hundreds of injuries reported.[4]
September 8, 1977 25-70 0 Derailment As an 11-car Cairo to Aswan express passes Asyut at about 70 mph (110 km/h), 8 cars derail. Newspaper reports show 70 people killed, but official sources say only 25.[5]
June 10, 1983 22 46 Collision One train crashes into the rear of another south of Cairo, and ends 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 are killed in the accident and 46 injured.[6]
February 20, 2002 383 0 fire 2002 El Ayyat railway accident A train packed to double capacity catches fire, killing 383 people.
August 21, 2006 57 128 Collision Qalyoub train collision – Two trains collide in the town of Qalyoub, 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Cairo, killing 57 people and injuring 128.
September 4, 2006 5 30 Collision A passenger train collides with a freight train north of Cairo, killing five people and injuring 30.[7][8]
July 16, 2008 44 33 Collision At least 44 people are killed and 33 injured when a truck fails to stop at level crossing and pushes two vehicles into a Matruh–Alexandria passenger train, at El Dabaa, Marsa Matruh, Egypt.[9]
October 24, 2009 18 0 Collision 2009 El Ayyat railway accident – A passenger train was stopped after striking water buffalo in the El Ayyat area of Giza. Another passenger train, travelling in the same direction, later runs into the back of the stationary train, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people.[10]
July 17, 2012 15 Derailment A passenger train strikes wooden planks and chunks of metal put down by people to cross the tracks and derails at Giza, near Cairo, injuring fifteen passengers.[11]
November 17, 2012 51 12 Collision Manfalut railway accident – A school bus carrying about 60 pre-school children is hit by a train near Manfalut, 350 km (230 miles) south of the capital Cairo. At least 50 children and the bus driver die in the crash; more than a dozen people are injured. The Egyptian minister of transport, Mohamed Rashad Al Matini, resigns.[12]
January 15, 2013 19 230 Collision Badrashin railway accident – A passenger train derailed at Giza and collided with a freight train. 19 people died and 230 were injured.[13][14]
January 31, 2016 7 0 Collision Seven are killed and scores injured when a train crashes into a truck in Giza, just outside Cairo. Reports say the gatekeeper forgot about the coming passenger train until a truck pulled out in front of the crossing; the gatekeeper is now under investigation.[15]
August 11, 2017 40 133 Collision Alexandria train collision: Two trains collide near Alexandria. 40 people are killed and 133 injured.[16]
February 28, 2018 15 Dozens Collision A head-on crash between two trains killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more near Egyptian capital Cairo.[17]
February 27, 2019 25 50 Collision Ramses Station rail disaster: A train smashes into a barrier inside Ramses Station, causing a major explosion and a fire. More than 25 people die and at least 50 others are injured.[18]
March 26, 2021 18 0 Collision Sohag train collision: A passenger train runs into the rear of another near Sohag. At least 18 people are killed.[19]
April 15, 2021 0 15 Derailment A passenger train derails in Minya al-Qamh. Fifteen people are injured.[20]
April 18, 2021 23 139 Derailment Toukh train accident: A passenger train derails in Toukh. 23 people are killed and 139 are injured.[21]

References[]

  1. ^ Semmens 1994, p. 90.
  2. ^ Semmens 1994, p. 155.
  3. ^ Haine 1993, p. 150.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Semmens 1994, p. 205.
  6. ^ Semmens 1994, pp. 188, 211.
  7. ^ Vlaky.Net
  8. ^ "Five dead in Egypt rail accident". BBC. September 5, 2006. Retrieved September 6, 2006.
  9. ^ "Egyptian National Railways – Egypt". International Railway Journal. October 1, 2001. Archived from the original on November 26, 2004.
  10. ^ "Many Dead as Two Trains Crash in Egypt". Sky News Online. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
  11. ^ "Train derails in Egyptian capital Cairo". BBC News Online. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  12. ^ "Egypt bus crash kills 50 children near Manfalut". BBC. 17 November 2012.
  13. ^ "Cairo train derailment leaves 19 dead". BBC News Online. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  14. ^ "Egypt Salvation Front holds officials responsible for Badrashin accident". Al-Ahram. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  15. ^ Al-Masry Al-Youm (31 January 2016). "Update: Railway Authority to investigate Giza train crash". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Train collision in Egypt leaves dozens dead". CNN. 11 August 2017.
  17. ^ "At least 15 people have been killed in a train crash outside of Cairo". The Independent. 28 February 2018.
  18. ^ "Deadly fire after train crashes at Cairo's main station". France 24. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  19. ^ "Egypt orders eight arrests over fatal train crash". Gulf News. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  20. ^ "15 people injured after train derailed in Egypt's Sharqiya". Egypt Today. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Egypt: 11 dead, 98 injured after train derails near Cairo". Reuters. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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