At least four killed and dozens injured in train collision near Giza in Egypt, health ministry says
The railway authority said emergency crews were clearing the wreckage as hospitals treated the injured and prosecutors opened an investigation.
- 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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The incident took place about 59 kilometers south of Cairo. Al Sisi: "Negligence will be punished"
Two trains collided on Sunday in Egypt, on the outskirts of Cairo. According to the latest data, seven people were killed and 112 were injured. The accident occurred in the al-Ayat district of the Giza governorate, on a major railway line connecting the capital with Aswan, where one train crashed into the other from behind. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered a rapid investigation and promised to hold accountable those responsible, and the ra…
Press writer Mahmoud Abd al-Radi, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Day VII and chief of the incident sector, gave details of the collision between two trains in the city of Ayat, south of the governorate of Al-Giza. Source: 7th day, Mahmoud Abd al-Radi, for Al-Hayat: 7 people killed and 114 injured in the impact of the Al-Ayat trains
A passenger train rammed into the back of another that had stopped south of Cairo on Sunday, Egyptian officials said, killing seven people and insulting more than 100. The crash between Kafr Ammar and al-Riqqa in the al-Ayyat district derailed several cars. Rescue workers, 72 ambulances, Egyptian Red Crescent members,...
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