List of rail accidents in Egypt

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

## List[edit]

Date  | Killed  | Injured  | Type | Details

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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, 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.[1]
January 30, 1954 | 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.[2][3]
March 23, 1956 | 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.[4]
September 8, 1977 | 25–70 | 0 | Derailment | As an 11-car Cairo to Aswan express passed Asyut at about 70 mph (110 km/h), 8 cars derailed. Newspaper reports showed 70 people killed, but official sources listed only 25.[5]
June 10, 1983 | 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.[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 collided in Qalyoub, 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Cairo, killing 57 people and injuring 128.
September 4, 2006 | 5 | 30 | Collision | A passenger train collided 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 were killed and 33 injured when a truck failed to stop at a level crossing and pushed two vehicles into a Matruh–Alexandria passenger train, at El Dabaa, Marsa Matruh.[9]
October 24, 2009 | 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.[10]
July 17, 2012 |  | 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.[11]
November 17, 2012 | 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.[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 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.[15]
August 11, 2017 | 40 | 133 | Collision | Alexandria train collision: Two trains collided near Alexandria. 40 people were 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 Cairo.[17]
February 27, 2019 | 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.[18]
March 26, 2021 | 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.[19][20]
April 15, 2021 | 0 | 15 | Derailment | Two cars of a passenger train, from Cairo to Mansoura, derailed at Minya al-Qamh. Fifteen people were injured.[21][22]
April 18, 2021 | 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.[23]
April 27, 2021 | 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.[24] A technician was in detention for investigation.
March 7, 2023 | 2 | 16 | Derailment | Two people were killed and 16 others injured after a passenger train crashed into a station platform in Qalyub.[25]

## References[edit]

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. ^ "Egypt orders arrests of eight over fatal train crash: Prosecutor". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
21. ^ "15 people injured after train derailed in Egypt's Sharqiya". Egypt Today. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
22. ^ El-Sheikh, Sarah (April 15, 2021). "15 injured as Minya Al-Qamh train derails". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
23. ^ "Egypt's Sunday train accident killed 23, says public prosecutor". Reuters. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
24. ^ "Egypt's prosecution detains railway technician over deadly train crash in Suez". EgyptToday. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
25. ^ Tawfeeq, Mohammed (2023-03-07). "Two dead, 16 injured in train derailment in Egypt". CNN. Retrieved 2023-03-07.

## Sources[edit]

* Semmens, Peter (1994). Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20th Century. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-323-2.
* Haine, Edgar A. (1993). Railroad wrecks. Associated University Presses. ISBN 978-0-8453-4844-4.

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* El Ayatt (Feb 2002)
* Qalyoub (Aug 2006)
* El Ayatt (Oct 2009)
* Manfalut (Nov 2012)
* Badrashin (Jan 2013)
* Alexandria (Aug 2017)
* Ramses Station (Feb 2019)
* Sohag (Mar 2021)
* Toukh (Apr 2021)

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