An Egypt train crash on Sunday, November 8, 2026, killed seven people and injured at least 125, according to The Hindu. The two trains collided in the Al-Ayyat district of Giza province, about 52 km south of Cairo.
According to the Transportation Ministry, a train travelling to Fayoum province crashed into the rear of a train heading to Aswan. Officials said investigators found that the Giza-Fayoum train hit the last car of the Cairo-Aswan train, which was stationary on the same track.
allAfrica reported that more than 100 people were injured and that 52 ambulances were sent to the scene. It said one train derailed and several cars overturned. The Hindu reported that the train’s conductor was among those killed. It also cited the Health Ministry as saying more than 70 of the injured had been discharged after treatment. The conductor’s death is reported only by The Hindu.
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a social media post that he had ordered an investigation. He urged agencies to "hold accountable anyone found to have been negligent," according to allAfrica.
The cause of the crash was not immediately clear in the sources, and no official cause has been confirmed. The casualty figures come from authorities and have not been independently confirmed in the sources. The sources do not give the names of the dead or injured, or a breakdown of injuries by severity. Africanews was also reviewed, but only a headline and a short excerpt were available, so its details could not be checked beyond the toll and injury figures.
The crash took place in the same area as Egypt’s deadliest train disaster, a 2002 train fire, according to allAfrica. The outlets disagree on that fire’s death toll. allAfrica says more than 370 people were killed, while The Hindu says more than 300 died in the fire on an overnight Cairo-to-southern-Egypt train. allAfrica also said several crashes killed dozens in the region in 2009.
The Hindu reports that train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where the railway has a history of mismanagement and poor maintenance. The government has announced modernisation initiatives, the outlet said. The Hindu also reported that last September, a train driver and his assistant were injured when two freight trains collided in the same district.
Sissi has ordered an investigation, and prosecutors’ investigators have reached the site. Emergency crews and cranes are clearing the wreckage so that train services can be restored. Neither the Egyptian Railway Authority nor the Transportation Ministry has given further comment beyond statements on restoring services and the crash location.
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