Railway accident on August 21st 2006, near Qalyoup, Egypt
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.
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