Egypt train crash near Giza kills 7, injures more than 100
What's next: investigators are examining why a Giza-Fayoum train hit a stationary Cairo-Aswan service in Al-Ayyat.
A collision between two passenger trains south of Cairo killed at least seven people and injured more than 100 near Giza, derailing several carriages and suspending rail service to Upper Egypt. Egypt’s railway authority said a train traveling from Giza to Fayoum struck the rear of a Cairo-to-Aswan service that was stopped on the tracks in Al-Ayyat, between Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations. Images from the scene showed overturned cars down an embankment as cranes and emergency crews worked to clear the wreckage. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered an urgent investigation. The crash happened in an area with a long record of deadly rail accidents, underscoring the strain on Egypt’s aging network despite years of transport spending.