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The Health Ministry reported that four people were killed and 88 others sustained injuries in the collision that occurred in al-Ayyat district of Giza province on Sunday. A train travelling from Giza to Fayoum ran into the back of another train on the Cairo-to-Aswan line, according to the transportation ministry, which confirmed that one of the trains derailed. The incident took place roughly 60 kilometres south of Cairo between two stations in a busy rail corridor.
Egyptian National Railways dispatched emergency response teams along with cranes to the scene to clear the wreckage and restore services on the affected line in both directions as soon as possible. More than 70 ambulances transported the injured to hospitals in the area, with some of the wounded taken to facilities in nearby governorates where medical teams had been placed on alert. The railway authority said four passenger carriages left the tracks in the impact.
Footage shows derailed carriages after fatal train crash in Egypt, with video from the site revealing overturned cars scattered along a rural road and rescue crews working amid large crowds of onlookers. The BBC obtained images that captured the scale of the disruption shortly after the collision. Local officials coordinated the evacuation while crowds gathered to observe the recovery operation.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi directed state authorities to provide full medical care for those injured and to launch an urgent investigation into the circumstances, stating that anyone found negligent would be held accountable. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly followed up directly with relevant ministers on the condition of the victims and the support extended to their families. The presidential instructions came in a public statement issued on the day of the crash.
Al Jazeera reported that al-Ayyat district was the location of Egypt’s deadliest rail disaster in 2002, when a fire on a southbound holiday train killed more than 370 passengers. The same area saw multiple fatal crashes in 2009 that together claimed dozens of lives, according to historical accounts compiled by regional news outlets. These precedents have repeatedly focused attention on the safety of Egypt’s rail infrastructure.
An Associated Press review of past incidents noted that train derailments remain frequent in Egypt owing to an ageing network affected by mismanagement over many years. A similar derailment in Matrouh province in August 2025 left at least three dead and 94 injured when seven wagons left the tracks, the Health Ministry and railway authorities stated at the time. Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics figures show transport accident deaths, encompassing rail cases, increased by more than 10 percent in 2025 from the previous year.
