Constantine tram

Coordinates: 36 ° 21 ′ 29.9 ″  N , 6 ° 36 ′ 20.1 ″  E

Tram Constantine ترامواي قسنطينة
An Alstom Citadis 402 of the Constantine tram
Basic information
Country	Algeria
city	Constantine
opening	4th July 2013
operator	Setram ( RATP group )
Infrastructure
Route length	8.9 km
Gauge	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system	750 V DC overhead line
Operating mode	Bidirectional operation
Stops	10
business
Lines	1
vehicles	27 Alstom Citadis 402

The Constantine tram is a tram system under construction in the city of Constantine in northeast Algeria . The first section was put into operation on July 4, 2013. It is 8.9 kilometers long, has ten stops and runs from the Ramdhan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium to the Zouaghi district in the south of the city.

construction

The groups Pizzarotti and Alstom were commissioned with the turnkey construction of the Constantine tram . Pizzarotti was responsible for the engineering services and the construction of traffic routes . Alstom supplied the equipment (tracks, energy supply, overhead line , signaling, telecommunications, ticket machines), built the depot in Zouaghi and the vehicles. Construction work began in August 2008.

business

On May 24, 2012, the Paris-based RATP Group announced that it had been awarded the contract to operate and maintain all Algerian tram systems as part of a consortium with local partners. The RATP group leads this consortium, the Société d'exploitation des tramways (Setram). 49% of the shares in Setram are held by RATP, 36% by Algiers transport company ETUSA and 15% by the Algerian subway company EMA. Since October 1, 2012, this joint venture, headed by Pierre Schbath, has been responsible for operational management including the preparation for the start of operations and the maintenance and repair of all Algerian tram systems (with the exception of maintenance in Algiers ).

After a month of free test drives, scheduled operations began on July 4, 2013. The plans assume 70,000 passengers per day.

The cost of building the Constantine tram was 44 billion dinars , three times the initial estimate. With construction costs of 4.88 billion dinars per kilometer, they were higher than the trams in Algiers and Oran .

At the start of operations, SETRAM set the fare at 40 dinars for a one-way trip and 320 dinars for a 10-trip ticket. Time cards will also be introduced later.

vehicles

The Constantine tram has 27 Citadis 402 cars . They were manufactured by Alstom Transport in the Spanish plant in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda . The first car was delivered on September 24, 2011. The seven - part, low-floor multi - articulated bidirectional vehicles are 43 meters long.

Further planning

The Algerian authorities are planning to extend the route beyond the previous Zouaghi terminal with two branches in a southerly direction. A 2.7-kilometer branch will open up the Mohamed Boudiaf Airport . The other branch should lead to the city of Ali Mendjeli. Overall, the route network will be extended by around 10 km. The contract for the construction was awarded to a consortium in which, in addition to Alstom, three other companies - Corsan, Corviam and Cosider - are united. Alstom is responsible for tracks, overhead lines and substations, telecommunications equipment, signaling equipment and ticket machines. The order to Alstom is worth 80 million euros. Citadis trains, which are manufactured in the Alstom plant in the Algerian city of Annaba , will be used again. The construction time is estimated at around three years.

Web links

Commons : Tram Constantine  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Setram Constantine ( Memento from December 22, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
• Tram Constantine on urbanrail.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joint venture formed to run Algerian tramways ( en ) May 28, 2012. Accessed May 30, 2012.
2. ↑ Le tramway de Constantine sera livré en juin 2013 ( fr ) October 30, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
3. ↑ Algérie: le tram de Constantine inaugusré ( fr ) La vie du rail et des transports. July 4, 2013. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013. 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. Retrieved July 4, 2013. 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Le tramway de Constantine livré fin 2012 ( Memento from February 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Alstom a livré les premières rames du tramway Citadis de Constantine ( fr ) September 26, 2011. Accessed May 31, 2012.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} RATP Dev se renforce en Algérie et se voit confier l'exploitation et la maintenance des futurs projets de tramway algériens, en partenariat avec l'EMA et l'ETUSA ( fr , PDF; 60 kB) May 24, 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 30, 2012. 
7. ↑ RATP Dev va exploiter le tramway d'Alger ( Fri. ) May 25, 2012. Retrieved on 31 May 2012 found.
8. ↑ At the beginning, the distribution of the shares among the Algerian shareholders was different: 30% EMA and 21% ETUSA.
9. ↑ Où sont les 120 contrôleurs de la SETRAM? ( fr ) November 4, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
10. ↑ L'exploitation confiée à la société française Algero-SETRAM: La mise en service commerciale du tramway pour début mai 2013 ( fr ) on November 21, 2012. Accessed November 28, 2012th
11. ^ Mise en service commercial du tramway ( fr ) Retrieved December 22, 2013.
12. ↑ Extension de la ligne du tramway de Constantine: un tronçon prévu vers l'aéroport ( fr ) May 31, 2012. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. 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. Retrieved November 28, 2012.  
13. ↑ "Alstom remporte de nouveaux marchés en Algérie" on mobilicités.com of August 18, 2015 (French); Retrieved August 19, 2015