Algiers cable cars

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El Madania cable car

The cable cars of Algiers are five aerial cableways that are operated as part of the local public transport system in Algiers by ETUSA - Entreprise de transport urbain et suburbain d'Alger, the urban and regional transport association. They make it easier to negotiate the steep slopes of the Bay of Algiers on which the city was built.

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Four of the cable cars are small aerial tramways , the oldest of which was built in 1956. All four were completely renewed in 2008, with Entreprise du métro d'Alger (EMA) acting as the builder and client. The fifth is a 3 km long gondola lift opened in 2014 .

El Madania - Belouizdad

The cable car south of the center up to the El Madania district was built in 1956 by Poma in the French times to facilitate the connection to the new residential areas of Diar es-Sâada and Diar el-Mahçoul. Your "valley station" is on Rue Belouizdad Mohamed next to the Sidi M'hamed cemetery at 48 m above sea level ( 36 ° 44 ′ 58 ″  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 0.3 ″  E ). The cabins pass between the neighboring houses without a cable car support to the mountain station 131 m high on the edge of a steep slope near the Diar el Mahcoul complex ( 36 ° 44 ′ 52.4 ″  N , 3 ° 3 ′ 55.9 ″  E ). The 220 m long cable car was overhauled in 1984 and again almost completely renewed by Poma in 2008.

Notre Dame d'Afrique - Bologhine

The cable car going to the Notre Dame d'Afrique basilica in the north of the center was built in 1984 and completely renovated by Poma in 2008. Your Bologhine valley station is on Avenue Ziar Abdelkader (according to the open street map) or Avenue Abderrahmane Mira (according to Google Maps) at a height of 18 m above sea level ( 36 ° 48 ′ 13.6 ″  N , 3 ° 2 ′ 39 , 8 ″  O ). The mountain station stands a little below the Notre Dame d'Afrique at an altitude of 106 m above sea level ( 36 ° 48 ′ 6.6 ″  N , 3 ° 2 ′ 34 ″  E ). The cable car has a length of 240 m.

Memorial des Martyres / Riad el Feth - Jardin d'essais

The cable car from the Jardin d'essais to the Monument of the Martyrs was built in 1986 and also completely overhauled by Poma in 2008. Its base terminal is located on the Rue Belouizdad Mohamed opposite the Jardin d'Essai and its Allée des Platanes ( 36 ° 44 '46.1 "  N , 3 ° 4' 23.4"  O ). The Maqam Chahid mountain station is some distance to the east of the memorial ( 36 ° 44 ′ 40.1 ″  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 18.6 ″  E ). The cable car is about 200 m long and has one support.

Palais de la culture - Oued Kniss

The cable car to the Kulturpalast was built in 1987 and, like the other three, was completely renovated by Poma in 2008. The Oued Kniss valley station is located on Avenue Boudjaatit Mahmoud, the eastern extension of Rue Belouizdad Mohamed ( 36 ° 44 ′ 31.4 ″  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 59.4 ″  E ). The Anassers mountain station is a few meters below the parking lot of the Palais de la Culture ( 36 ° 44 ′ 20 ″  N , 3 ° 4 ′ 52.3 ″  E ). The cable car is 400 m long and has a cable car support; its two cabins hold 35 people each.

Bab El Oued - Bouzaréah

The Téléphérique Bab El Oued-Bouzaréah is a 3 km long gondola lift that opened in September 2014 and was built by the Doppelmayr / Garaventa Group . It runs from the Triolet station, 58 m above sea level, at the Rondpoint de Triolet in Oued Koriche in the Bab el Oued district ( 36 ° 47 ′ 18 ″  N , 3 ° 2 ′ 41 ″  E ) via an intermediate station at Mont Plaisant at 267 m height ( 36 ° 46 '51.6 "  N , 3 ° 1' 57.8"  O ) to the mountain station in Bouzareah at Rue Zaghoui Ismail / route de l'Observatory in 365 m in height ( 36 ° 47 '29 "  N , 3 ° 1 ′ 15 ″  E ). It serves the districts of Montplaisant, Beau-Fraisier, Scaffino, and Cité Mollines, Djebel Koukou and La Fantom. It is operated with 57 blue cabins of the type "CWA Conus" for 10 to 15 people and has a capacity of 2400 people / hour. per direction.

Joint venture

In December 2014 it was announced that the Algerian state and Poma had founded the joint venture Entreprise de transport algérien par câbles (ETAC) , in which the Entreprise de transport urbain et suburbain d'Alger (Etusa) with 41%, the Entreprise du métro d Alger (EMA) hold 10% and Poma 49%. The purpose of the company is the development, operation and maintenance of all state cable cars in Algeria's local passenger traffic.

Planning

It is intended to build three more cable cars:

  • Place du May 1st - El Mouradia,
  • Tafourah - El Biar (Balcon St Raphaël) via Hotel El Aurassi (Tagarins),
  • Bab El Oued - Notre-Dame d'Afrique.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ouverture du téléphérique Bab El Oued-Bouzaréah (Alger)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Algérie Info@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / algerieinfo.news80.com  
  2. ↑ Téléphérique Oued Koriche-Bouzareah . ( Memento from March 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Article from September 17, 2014 on Alger2000
  3. ↑ La société française Poma s'implante en Algérie, après Renault et Alstom . ( Memento from April 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Article from December 4, 2014 on alger2000.com
  4. ^ Téléphérique: le francais Poma s'installe en Algérie.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article dated December 9, 2014 on Jeune Afrique@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / economie.jeuneafrique.com