This list of rail accidents in Egypt provides details of significant railway crashes in Egypt involving railway rolling stocks.
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Date Killed Injured TypeDetails 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. 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. 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.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. 25–70 0 Derailment As an 11-car Cairo to Aswan express passed Asyut at about , eight cars derailed. Newspaper reports showed 70 people killed, but official sources listed only 25. 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. 10 14 Collision Two trains crashed into each other near Qena 62 67 Collision A bus carrying primary school children returning from the Giza Zoo was smashed by a high-speed train at an unmarked railroad level crossing at Ain Shams, on the outskirts of Cairo, killing 62 children and injuring 67. 75 76 Collision Witnesses in Badrashin said an early morning train heading from Cairo to Beni Suef crashed into another train heading from behind heading to Aswan 11 10 Collision Two trains crashed into each other 60 miles north of Aswan 50 100 Derailment A train derails as it enters a station at high speed at Kafr El Dawwar south of Alexandria 383 0 fire 2002 El Ayyat railway accident A train packed to double capacity catches fire, killing 383 people. 57 128 Collision Qalyoub train collision – Two trains collided in Qalyoub, 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Cairo, killing 57 people and injuring 128. 5 30 Collision A passenger train collided with a freight train north of Cairo, killing five people and injuring 30.Vlaky.Net 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.41 179 Collision Alexandria train collision: Two trains collided near Alexandria. 41 people were killed and 179 injured. 15 Dozens Collision A head-on crash between two trains killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more near Cairo. 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. 18 200 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. 0 15 Derailment Two cars of a passenger train, from Cairo to Mansoura, derailed at Minya al-Qamh. Fifteen people were injured. 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. 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. A technician was in detention for investigation. 1 0 Derailment A freight train going from El-Salam to El-Bostan derailed, killing one. 2 16 Derailment Two people were killed and 16 others injured after a passenger train crashed into a station platform in Qalyub. 2 0 Collision Two people are killed in a level-crossing collision between a train and a truck in Borg El Arab, Alexandria Governorate. At least 2 At least 29Two trains collidedAt least two killed, 29 injured, when two trains collided in Zagazig. At least 2 At least 21Two trains collidedAt least two killed, 21 injured, when two trains collided in Minya. At least 12 At least 8CollisionA train collides with a minibus at an unauthorized crossing in Ismailia Governorate, killing eight people. 3 At least 94DerailmentA passenger train traveling from Matrouh Governorate to Cairo derails in the west of the country, killing three people and injuring 94 others.
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