Train collision in Egypt's Giza province kills seven, injures 112

Two trains collided at Al-Ayat in Egypt's Giza province on Sunday, and the health ministry's toll has risen to seven passengers killed and 112 injured, up from an initial count of four killed and 88 injured.

Why it matters: Al-Ayat was the site of Egypt's deadliest rail disaster in 2002, and President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has ordered an urgent investigation, putting the safety record of the aging network back under scrutiny.

Data as of Update of November 8, 2026, 12:13 Toronto: Arab News report of November 8, 2026, carrying AFP and read in full via the estate browser route, for the health ministry's raised toll of seven killed and 112 injured; Al Jazeera's headline count of seven killed corroborates the raised death toll. Earlier update of November 8, 2026, 10:12 Toronto: Arab News report of November 8, 2026, carrying AFP and read in full via the estate browser route, for the health ministry's initial count of four killed and 88 injured, the railway authority's account of the collision, and President El-Sisi's order for an urgent investigation. Earlier: BBC Arabic breaking report of November 8, 2026 (in Arabic), read in full, for the first reports of about 60 injured, more than 15 ambulances and the halt to train movement between Giza and Upper Egypt. Injury counts moved between reports as hospitals counted admissions. Developing item.

Latest: The health ministry’s toll has risen to seven passengers killed and 112 injured, Arab News reported, carrying AFP, with the injured being treated in hospitals around Giza. Al Jazeera also reported seven killed. State owned media had earlier reported 120 people wounded, without clarifying the degree of injury.

Two trains collided at Al-Ayat in Giza province on Sunday, and Egypt’s health ministry put the initial toll at four passengers killed and 88 others being treated for injuries in hospitals around Giza, Arab News reported, carrying AFP.

Egypt’s railway authority said a train travelling from Giza to Fayoum crashed into the rear of another service heading south from Cairo to Aswan, derailing several carriages. Emergency crews used cranes to remove the wreckage, and authorities launched an investigation, with no cause given. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said he was following the accident with great concern and directed authorities to hold accountable anyone found to have been negligent.

Earlier reports described carriages overturning at Al-Ayat, injuring about 60 people, BBC Arabic reported, with the injured taken to hospital and more than 15 ambulances sent to the site. Train movement between Giza and Upper Egypt stopped in both directions after the accident while civil protection teams and the authorities worked to clear the site.

Al-Ayat was also the site of Egypt’s worst rail disaster, in 2002, when a fire on a train carrying holiday travellers south of Cairo killed more than 370 people.

Train collision in Egypt's Giza province kills seven, injures 112

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