Ramses Station rail disaster
| Ramses Station rail disaster | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Date | 27 February 2019 around 08:00 am (CAT) |
| Location | Ramses Square, Cairo |
| Coordinates | 30°03′47″N 31°14′48″E / 30.06306°N 31.24667°E |
| Country | Egypt |
| Line | Alexandria-Cairo line |
| Operator | Egyptian National Railways |
| Incident type | Driver of train abandoned controls leading to derailment and explosion |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Deaths | 25 |
| Injured | 50 |
The Ramses Station rail disaster occurred on 27 February 2019 in Ramses Station of Cairo, Egypt. Twenty-five people were killed and forty injured.