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Al-Ayyat train accident in Egypt: rising toll and judicial investigation into official negligence

A passenger train accident in the Al-Ayyat area of Giza governorate in Egypt, in which several carriages overturned, left deaths and injuries, with the Egyptian Health Ministry successively announcing rising casualty figures. A day later, the Public Prosecution ordered the detention of the officials of Al-Raqqa station and the holding of the train driver's assistant, after a technical inspection showed the automatic control system had been disabled and the signals register had been tampered with.

📍 Where things stand: The Egyptian Public Prosecution continues its investigation after detaining Al-Raqqa station's controller and supervisor and holding the train driver's assistant, while the death toll stands at seven.

⏱️ Timeline

8 Nov 2026, 14:39 Sky News Arabia reported that about 125 people had been injured so far in a train derailment accident in the Al-Ayyat area of Egypt.
8 Nov 2026, 14:54 The Egyptian Health Ministry announced that 64 people were injured when several passenger train carriages overturned in the Al-Ayyat area of Giza governorate.
8 Nov 2026, 15:35 Al-Hadath channel reported that a state of alert was declared in Egyptian hospitals following the train accident in Giza governorate, without further details on the extent of losses or the number of injured.
8 Nov 2026, 15:50 Al-Arabiya channel, citing its source, reported the death of the Al-Ayyat train driver in Egypt and that the number of injured in the accident had risen to 120.
8 Nov 2026, 16:25 The Egyptian Health Ministry announced that the death toll from the train accident in the Al-Ayyat area had risen to four, without further details on the circumstances or the names of the victims.
8 Nov 2026, 16:41 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced that he had directed that anyone proven negligent in the two-train accident be held accountable, without further details.
8 Nov 2026, 18:22 The Egyptian Health Ministry announced that the death toll from the Al-Ayyat train accident had risen to seven.
9 Nov 2026, 22:17 The Egyptian Public Prosecution announced the detention of Al-Raqqa station's controller and supervisor pending investigation into the two-train collision in the Al-Ayyat area, after a technical inspection showed that the driver of train No. 134 had disabled the automatic control system, that the two officials had failed to monitor the station's signal control panel, and that the station controller had tampered with the signals register to conceal his negligence; it also ordered that the train driver's assistant be held until questioning and formed a technical committee of faculty professors.