Train collision near Cairo kills at least seven and injures more than 100

9 November 2026 · Algeria Now

Photo : newarab.com (adresse collée)

At least seven people were killed and more than 100 injured on Sunday when two passenger trains collided in the al-Ayyat district of Giza governorate, on the southern edge of the Egyptian capital, according to the Egyptian Health Ministry.

A train running between Giza and Fayoum struck the rear of another train on the Cairo–Aswan line. The second train derailed onto a country road and several carriages overturned. Egyptian National Railways sent rescue teams and cranes to clear the wreckage and restore normal service, while more than 70 ambulances evacuated the wounded to nearby hospitals. The cause of the collision had not been announced at the time of writing, and the toll could still change as hospitals complete their counts.

Al-Ayyat carries a heavy memory in Egypt. In 2002, a fire on a packed train there killed more than 370 people, the country's worst railway disaster, and further crashes in the area in 2009 killed dozens. Last year, a derailment elsewhere in the country killed at least three people and injured more than 90. Recurrent accidents have fuelled a long public debate in Egypt over signalling, maintenance and investment.

Egyptian authorities are expected to open an investigation to establish how one train came to strike the other, and its findings will interest railway operators across the continent.

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