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

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, 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), eight 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. Nineteen 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	41	179	Collision	Alexandria train collision: Two trains collided near Alexandria. 41 people were killed and 179 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]
September 14, 2024	At least 2	At least 29	Two trains collided	At least two killed, 29 injured, when two trains collided in Zagazig.[26]

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. "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.
26. "At least 2 killed in Egypt train collision". DW. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

Sources

• 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.