Alexandria train collision

The Alexandria train collision occurred on 11 August 2017 near Khorshid station in the suburbs of the eastern edge of Alexandria, Egypt.

Alexandria Train Collision
Details
Date	11 August 2017 2:15 p.m. local time (12:15 UTC)[1]
Location	Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate
Country	Egypt
Line	Cairo-Alexandria Line
Operator	Egyptian Railway Authority
Incident type	Collision
Cause	Under investigation
Statistics
Trains	2
Deaths	41
Injured	179

Crash

Two trains – one traveling from Port Said and the other from Cairo – crashed one into the rear of the other at 2:15 p.m. local time, killing at least 41 people and injuring another 179.^[2][3][4]

Reactions

On 11 August, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi expressed his condolences for the victims and ordered government bodies to form an investigative task force to identify the cause of the accident and hold those responsible to account.^[5]