BADRASHEEN train is not the only train tragedy in Egypt's railway history. Over the last 20 years, thousands of Egyptians were killed in train accidents as both the current and previous governments failed to implement the necessary road safety measures. Following are the most disastrous train accidents in Egypt in the last two decades: January 2013: A train carrying 1,328 conscripts coming from Assiut hit another stopped train in Badrasheen killing 19 soldiers. November 2012: Assiut train accident. Train crashes into a bus carrying school children at Mandara village crossing, killing 51, most of them children and injuring 17. October 2009: Collision at Al-Ayyat in Giza, 50 kilometres south of Cairo. According to a security official an initial report stated that 30 people were killed and 50 injured. September 2006: A passenger train collides with a freight train north of Cairo, killing five and injuring 30. August 2006: Qalioub rail crash. Two trains collide in the town of Qalioub, 20 kilometres northern Cairo, killing 57 people and injuring 128. February 2002: Al-Ayyat train disaster. A train packed to double capacity catches fire, 373 killed in Egypt's worst ever train incident. November 1999: Train between Cairo and Alexandria hits truck and derails, killing 10 and injuring seven. April 1999: At least 10 people died and nearly 50 are injured in northern Egypt after head-on collision between trains. October 1998: About 50 people killed and more than 80 injured in a derailment just south of Alexandria. The train failed to stop at buffers and ran into a busy market square. Reports suggested that passengers travelling on the roof of the train might have tampered with an air pipe, disabling the brakes. February 1997: At least 11 people died after a collision caused by human error and a signalling failure north of Aswan. February 1996: Train hits truck on a crossing killing 11 people 90 kilometres north of Cairo. December 1995: In thick fog, a train rams into the back of another, 75 people die. Driver was blamed after finding that the train was travelling well above the speed limit. May 1995: Nine die after train hits a barrier just north of Cairo and derails. April 1995: A train and a bus collide on a level crossing in Nile Delta, killing 49. December 1993: At least 12 people died and 60 are injured when two trains collide head-on about 90 kilometres north of Cairo. February 1992: Train collision just outside Cairo kills 43 people.
