At least four killed and dozens injured in train collision near Giza in Egypt, health ministry says
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered an urgent investigation and accountability review after the collision, while hospitals treated 88 injured passengers.
- On Sunday, November 8, 2026, a train traveling from Giza to Fayoum rear-ended a service heading to Aswan in Al-Ayyat, Giza Governorate, derailing multiple carriages. The Health Ministry confirmed four passengers died and 88 others are receiving hospital treatment.
- Al-Ayyat has a long history of rail disasters, including a 2002 fire that killed more than 370 people. While Egypt invested billions in new infrastructure, the core network serving 110 million people remains largely un-overhauled and vulnerable.
- Authorities launched an emergency response with 72 ambulances dispatched to the scene, while specialist cranes cleared wreckage from tracks. State-owned media initially reported 120 wounded, but the Health Ministry later revised the figure to 88 passengers receiving care.
- President Abdel Fattah ordered an urgent investigation, stating he is "following the consequences of the train accident with great concern." He directed authorities to "hold accountable anyone found to have acted negligently" regarding the collision.
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Two trains collided near Cairo, the capital of Egypt, killing at least four people and injuring over 80. According to the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) on the 8th (local time), a passenger train heading to Fayoum struck the rear of an Aswan-bound train between Kafr Ammar and Al-Rakah stations in Giza, south of Cairo, causing several carriages to derail. The Egyptian Ministry of Health stated that at least four people died in the accident.
Two trains collide in Egypt, killing four people and injuring dozens more, authorities say
By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — At least four people have been killed and nearly 90 injured after two trains collided in Egypt, the health ministry says. Several carriages were derailed after one train collided with the rear of another between Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations in Giza, near the capital Cairo, the Egyptian National
At least four people died and nearly 90 were injured as a result of the collision between two trains in Egypt, according to CNN's Ministry of Health.
Dismissed several wagons of a passenger train. Four people were killed, 88 others were injured.
According to the Egyptian railway authority, a train that covered the route between Giza and Fayum impacted from behind another that was heading from Cairo to the city of Aswan, in the south of the country.
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