2025 Shinile train collision

2025 Ethiopia train collision
Details
Date20 October 2025 (2025-10-20)
c.2:00 a.m. EAT
LocationShinile, Somali Region
Country Ethiopia
LineDire DawaDewele railway line
OperatorEthio-Djibouti Railways
OwnerEthiopian Railways Corporation
Incident typeCollision
CausePoor maintenance and overloading of the passenger train (suspected)
Statistics
Trains2 trains
Deaths15
Injured27-29

On 20 October 2025, a passenger train collided with a stationary train in Shinile near Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, killing 15 people and injuring dozens more. The accident was the deadliest train accident of 2025.