Tram Algiers

Tram Algiers
An Alstom Citadis 402 of the Algiers tram
Basic information
Country	Algeria
city	Algiers
opening	May 8, 2011
operator	ETUSA
Infrastructure
Route length	23 km
Gauge	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system	750 V DC overhead line
Stops	38
business
Lines	1
vehicles	48 Alstom Citadis 402
Top speed	60 km / h
statistics
Passengers	50,000 a day
Rail network, tram marked in red

The Algiers tram ( Arabic ترامواي الجزائر العاصمة) was put into operation on May 8, 2011 in the Algerian capital, Algiers . Only one tram line is currently in operation , which after several route extensions has a total length of 23 km.

Route network

The first section in the east of Algiers, which went into operation in 2011, connects Bordj el Kiffan with the Cité Mokhtar Zerhouni and has a length of 7.2 kilometers with 13 stations.

On June 15, 2012, an extension of 9.1 kilometers was opened from the Les Bananiers stop to the Les Fusillés stop in the city center, where you can change to the metro and to one of the city's cable cars .

A further extension of the route in an easterly direction to Dergana to a total of 23.2 kilometers was structurally completed in December 2013 and was put into operation on April 22, 2014 to Khawat Chergui and on June 14, 2015 on the entire route to Dergana . The last section includes six new stops.

operator

The Algiers tram is operated by Setram Algérie, the successor to ETUSA, the public transport company responsible for local public transport in the greater Algiers area, which temporarily looked after the first section. Setram is a consortium made up of the RATP subsidiary RATP Dev and the local partners Entreprise du Métro d'Alger (EMA) and the Établissement Public de Transport Urbain et Suburbain d'Alger (ETUSA). The majority stake is held by RATP Dev.

Vehicle fleet

The fleet consists of 48 Alstom Citadis 402 trains .

history

Tram in Algiers around 1926

Preference share for 100 francs of SA des Tramways & Messageries du Sahel dated July 4, 1904

There has been tram traffic in Algiers since 1898. At the heyday at the beginning of the 1930s , there were a total of three companies whose networks were not connected to one another:

The Société des tramways algériens operated two lines on a track width of 1055 mm at 600 V operating voltage.
The Société anonyme des Tramways et Messageries du Sahel operated a single, 6.4 km long line.
The Société des Chemins de fer sur route d'Algérie (CFRA) operated a very extensive network of interurban trams . In its prime, this company maintained more than a dozen lines, several of which were over 40 km long.

Many of these routes were replaced by bus routes as early as the 1930s. By early 1960, all trams in Algiers were shut down and partially replaced by trolleybuses .

Web links

Commons : Tram Algiers - Collection of images, videos and audio files

ETUSA website (French)
Les chemins de fer à voie métrique d'Algérie Historical Lines in Algiers (French)

Individual evidence

↑ Le Financier: Tramway d'Alger: Inauguration du 1er tronçon devant un parterre de responsables. May 8, 2011, accessed June 10, 2011 .
↑ Homepage RATP (French) accessed on August 15, 2015 ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[1] Le Financier: Tramway d'Alger: Inauguration du 1er tronçon devant un parterre de responsables. May 8, 2011, accessed June 10, 2011 .

[2] Homepage RATP (French) accessed on August 15, 2015 ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2