Mubarak Delivers Sympathy Speech to Bereaved Families of the Train Victims
- Speech by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, delivered on February 22, 2002, to the families of those who lost their lives in the railroad fire and disaster of February 20, 2002.
- http://www.presidency.gov.eg/html/22-Feb2002_address.html

Hundreds Die as Fire Engulfs Egyptian Train
- A follow-up report, with additional detail, on the Egyptian train disaster; from BMWE News, posted 02/21/02.
- http://www.bmwe.org/News/2002/02FEB/62.htm

Hundreds Killed in Train Fire in Egypt
- Initial report of the Egypt passenger train disaster; reported by BMWE News, posted 02/20/02.
- http://www.bmwe.org/News/2002/02FEB/60.htm

Railroad Accidents
- Succinct compilation of major railroad accidents, which puts the Egyptian disaster of 20 February 2002 into context of other such incidents dating back to 1831; from FactMonster (Information Please).
- http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001450.html

Passenger Train Fire in Egypt Kills 372
- Associated Press report, dated Thursday, February 21, 2002, giving updated information on the Egyptian train disaster of the previous day; from Shawnee (Oklahoma) News-Star.com.
- http://www.onlineshawnee.com/stories/022102/New_56.shtml

Egypt's Minister of Transport, Railroad Director Resign
- Report dated 22 Feb 2002 announces the resignations of Egyptian Transport Minister Ibrahim el-Dimeiri and Railroad Authority Director Ahmed el-Sherif, following the worst train disaster in Egypt's history; by Tetiana Anderson, in VOA-News.com.
- http://www.help-for-you.com/news/Feb2002/Feb22/PRT22-799Article.html

Seeking Answers in Egypt Train Fire
- Report dated February 21, 2002, provides early information on the investigation into causes of the Egyptian train inferno of the previous day; from CBSNews.com.
- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/02/20/world/main329951.shtml

Rage at Ebeid
- Reports early parliamentary debate on the causes of the Upper Egypt train disaster; by Gamal Essam El-Din, in Al-Ahram Weekly Online, Issue No. 576 (7-13 March 2002).
- http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/576/eg32.htm

Minister Resigns over Egypt Train Fire
- Announces that Egypt President Hosni Mubarak has accepted the resignations of Transport Minister Ibrahim al-Demeri and head of the country's railway authority, Ahmed al-Sherif, after the country's worst rail disaster; from BBC News, Friday, 22 February
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1835451.stm

Train Fire Kills 373 in Egypt
- Initial report on the Egyptian train fire; from The Associated Press, in The Holland Sentinel.
- http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/022102/new_022102028.shtml

Egypt Train Workers Plead Innocent
- Report dated April 29, 2002, recounting that 11 train workers pleaded innocent to charges of gross negligence; from United Transportation Union News.
- http://www.utu.org/worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=1372

Egypt Begins Mass Burial of Rail Fire Victims
- Relates that Egypt began to bury the unidentified victims of its worst rail disaster; from Tehran Times (Tehran), Monday, February 25, 2002.
- http://www.middleeastwire.com/egypt/stories/20020225_meno.shtml