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| Qalyoub train collision | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Date | 21 August 2006 |
| Location | Qalyoub |
| Country | Egypt |
| Operator | Egyptian National Railways |
| Incident type | collision |
| Cause | signal passed at danger |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Deaths | 58 |
| Injured | 140 |
The Qalyoub train collision occurred at a converging junction in Qalyoub to the north of Cairo in Egypt on 21 August 2006, when two commuter trains collided during the morning rush hour, killing 58 people and injuring over 140.
A passenger train from Mansoura passed a red signal and crashed into a stationary train that had come from Benha. Four passenger cars derailed in the accident, which closed the line in the country's Nile Delta region. The train was estimated to have been travelling at more than 50 mph (80 km/h) at the time of the collision. [1] The driver of the Mansoura service was amongst the dead. [2] [3]
In the wake of the crash, Egyptian National Railways director Hanafi Abdel Qawi was dismissed [4] and 14 railway officials were later charged with gross negligence and jailed. [5] The prosecutor's office said the officials ignored repairing some technical equipment that control train signals.
Egypt has a poor safety record on its railways and there are several fatal crashes each year, usually blamed on inadequately maintained equipment.[ citation needed ]
Families of each victim who died in the accident received compensation of £E5,000 (about $US870). Passengers who were injured will get £E1,000.
Egypt is proposing to implement an upgrade project including some upgrade of its signalling. [6]
1908 - Sunshine (Braybrook Junction)
The Clapham Junction rail crash occurred on the morning of 12 December 1988, when a crowded British Rail passenger train crashed into the rear of another train that had stopped at a signal just south of Clapham Junction railway station in London, England, and subsequently sideswiped an empty train travelling in the opposite direction. A total of 35 people died in the collision, while 484 were injured.
The Colwich rail crash occurred on the evening of Friday 19 September 1986 at Colwich Junction, Staffordshire, England. It was significant in that it was a high speed collision between two packed express trains. One driver was killed, but no passengers died because of the great strength of the rolling stock involved, which included examples of Mk1, Mk2 and Mk3 coaches.
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