Qalyoub train collision
{{Short description|Railway accident on August 21st 2006, near Qalyoub, Egypt}}
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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.
Overview
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 {{convert|50|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} at the time of the collision.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/21/egypt.traincrash/index.html |title=Egyptian train crash kills 57 |publisher=CNN|date=2006-08-21 |access-date=2006-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823213859/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/21/egypt.traincrash/index.html |archive-date=23 August 2006 |url-status=dead}} The driver of the Mansoura service was amongst the dead.{{Cite web | url=http://www.ifrc.org/ar/news-and-media/news-stories/middle-east-and-north-africa/egypt/egypt-train-crash-volunteers-provide-support/ |title = Egypt train crash: Volunteers provide support - IFRC}}{{Cite web | url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/09/05/egypt-train-crash-report-cites-series-of-failures-1157528188.html |title = Egypt train crash report cites series of failures|date = 6 September 2006}}
Aftermath
In the wake of the crash, Egyptian National Railways director Hanafi Abdel Qawi was dismissed{{cite news| work=BBC News| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5273894.stm| title=Egypt rail boss fired after crash| date=2006-08-22| access-date=2006-08-22}} and 14 railway officials were later charged with gross negligence and jailed.[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/04/africa/ME-GEN-Egypt-Train-Accident.php Egyptian court jails 14 railway officials after deadly train accident – International Herald Tribune] 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|date=August 2008}}
Families of each victim who died in the accident received compensation of £E5,000 (about $US870). Passengers who were injured will get £E1,000.
Proposed upgrade
Egypt is proposing to implement an upgrade project including some upgrade of its signalling.{{cite web|url=http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=450&Itemid=35 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070701111613/http://railwaysafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=450&Itemid=35 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-07-01 |title=Railways Africa - UPGRADE PLANS APPROVED}}
Similar accidents
- {{flagicon|Australia}} 1908 - Sunshine (Braybrook Junction)
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018212212/http://egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7037 Egyptoday]
- [https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Qalyoub+train+collision&client=firefox-a&hs=swE&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=a-5IU4D0HcPPlAWTsICYBA&ved=0CE0QsAQ4Cg&biw=1360&bih=733 Gallery]
- [http://www.masress.com/en/dailynews/101539 Accident Report]
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Category:Train collisions in Egypt
Category:Railway accidents involving a signal passed at danger