The Egyptian Railway Authority announced that train journeys on the Cairo to Aswan line have been resumed following a train accident near Al-Ayyat village on Wednesday. As the train was heading to Aswan from Cairo, hree of the train’s carriages ran off the rails–they were derailed and flipped over. The Railway Authority had halted the trips on this track until the prosecution completed its investigations into the accident. Medhat Shousha, chief of the Railway Authority, told Daily News Egypt on Wednesday that the cause of the accident is still unknown. “A set of measures will be undertaken by the authority when investigations are complete in order to prevent further accidents,” he said.

Source: Daily News Egypt September 08, 2016 11:37 UTC