Algiers Metro: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|Rapid transit system in Algiers, Algeria}}

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| native_name = مترو الجزائر العاصمة <br />Adubrid en Dzayer<br />Métro d'Alger

| operator = [[RATP Group|RATP]] El-Djazaïr ([[:fr:{{ill|RATP El Djazaïr|FR]]fr|vertical-align=sup}})

| track_gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}<ref name="GMT">{{cite web |url=https://www.globalmasstransit.net/archive.php?id=12250 |title=Rail projects in Algeria: Focus on tramway systems |date=1 February 2013 |publisher=Global Mass Transit |access-date=2018-02-23 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008023656/https://www.globalmasstransit.net/archive.php?id=12250 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

| map = [[File:Algiers Metro Alger - PlanMap LigneLine 1 - AvrilJanuary 2022 - 2018en.svg|260px]]

The '''Algiers Metro''' ({{lang-langx|ar|مترو الجزائر العاصمة}}, [[Berber language|Berber]]: Adubrid en Dzayer, {{lang-fr|Métro d'Alger}}) is a [[rapid transit]] system that serves [[Algiers]], the capital of [[Algeria]]. Originally designed in the 1970s, it opened in 2011 after decades of delays due to financial difficulties and security issues.<ref name=railgaz /><ref name=rfi>{{cite news |title=Maghreb's first metro system opens in Algeria |url=http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20111031-maghrebs-first-metro-system-opens-algeria |newspaper=[[Radio France International]] |date=31 October 2011 |access-date=2013-09-14}}</ref> The Algiers Metro was the second metro system to open in Africa, after the [[Cairo Metro]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.economist.com/news/business/21569059-subways-are-spreading-fast-going-underground |title=Metro systems: Going Underground |journal=The Economist |date=5 January 2013 |access-date=2013-09-14}}</ref>

The first phase of Line 1, "Haï el Badr"–"Tafourah-Central Post Office", which spannedhad a length of {{convert|9.2|km|mi}} and comprised 10 stations, opened for public service on 1 November 2011.<ref name=railgaz>{{cite journal |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/alger-metro-inaugurated.html |title=Alger metro inaugurated |journal=[[Railway Gazette International]] |date=31 October 2011 |access-date=2013-09-14}}</ref> A {{convert|4|km|mi|1|adj=on}} extension from "Haï el Badr" to "El Harrach Centre" opened for commercial service on 4 July 2015 after test runs in June.<ref name="APS">{{cite news |url=http://www.aps.dz/en/economy/7792-algiers-metro-new-line-hai-el-badr-el-harrach-operational-in-july |title=Algiers Metro: New line Hai El Badr-El Harrach operational in July |work=Algeria Press Service |date=14 June 2015 |access-date=2015-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118043926/http://www.aps.dz/en/economy/7792-algiers-metro-new-line-hai-el-badr-el-harrach-operational-in-july |archive-date=18 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="RailGazette2">{{cite journal |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/africa/single-view/view/alger-metro-extends.html |title=Alger metro extends |journal=[[Railway Gazette International]] |date=6 July 2015 |access-date=2015-08-07 |archive-date=8 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008174834/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/africa/single-view/view/alger-metro-extends.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1988-891988–89, Algeria awarded construction contracts to two national companies: COSIDER and GENISIDER.<ref>[http://www.cnes.dz/cnesdoc/cneshtm/rap.htm#ANNEXES Le Chemin de Fer en Algérie : Pour une dynamique nouvelle, Rapport 1998, Annexe 4 - Conseil National Economique et Social, Commission de l’Aménagement du Territoire et de l’Environnement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210022521/http://www.cnes.dz/cnesdoc/cneshtm/rap.htm#ANNEXES |date=10 December 2011 }} ([https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbackend.710302.xyz%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fwww.cnes.dz%2Fcnesdoc%2Fcneshtm%2Frap.htm%23ANNEXES Archived])</ref> Neither was experienced in running large urban transit development projects. Construction encountered financial and political difficulties, with only four stations being constructed in 15 years. Moreover, the Algiers soil is difficult to dig in, and the city's [[topography]] is irregular. Work did not advance significantly for many years.

In 1994, athe first {{Cvt|450 |m|4=0}} long section, called Emir-Abdelkader, was completed. Another {{Cvt|650 |m|4=0}} section, connecting the Central Post Office to Khélifa-Boukhalfa, was completed soon after. In 1999, the Metro of Algiers Company (EMA) invited international companies to participate in a tender offering, resulting in two new contractors being added to the project: French [[Systra|Systra-Sgte]] for project management, and Agéro-German [[GAAMA]] {{Who|date=October 2022}}for construction and completion, within 38 months, of the [[civil engineering]] tasks and earthworks.

In 2003, benefiting from the return of economic stability and improved security, the government increased funding and introduced a new organizationalorganisational and operational structure.

In January 2006, further changes were introduced to the project, with integralintegrated systemsystems development handed to [[Siemens AG|Siemens]] Transportation Systems. This included the installation of fixed material, signals and electrification. [[Vinci (construction)|Vinci]] was responsible for civil engineering, and the Spanish company [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles]] (CAF) was to deliver a new set of rolling stock, including 14 trains of 6 cars each. The network would use the [[Trainguard MT CBTC]] technology, which had already been implemented on [[Paris Métro Line 1|line 1]] and [[Paris Métro Line 14|line 14]] of the [[Paris Métro]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://w5.siemens.com/france/web/fr/sts/nos_realisations_export/pages/alger.aspx |title=Alger |publisher=Siemens |language=fr |trans-title=Algiers |access-date=2018-02-23}}</ref>

* The installation and the welding of {{convert|23|km|mi}} of tracks waswere started in April 2007 by the French company South-western Travaux France (TSO) with the first metro car to be delivered to Algiers by December 2007.

* The metro line can move 41,000 passengers per hour, the equivalent of 150 million passengers per year, with a headway of under 2 minutes. Trains can travel at speeds of up to {{Cvt|70&nbsp;|km/h}}, and the line is open from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.

[[File:Metro, suburban train and tramway map of Algiers.png|thumb|right|Public transport of Algiers with planned Metro extensions]]{{Update|part=section|date=October 2022}}

Invitations to tender were launched for the construction of a {{Cvt|4&nbsp;|km}} section between Bachdjarrah and [[El Harrach]] composed of 4 stations and one [[viaduct]] of {{Cvt|250 |m|4=0}} above the access road to the Ouchaïah Wadi [[motorway]]. It is opened for public service on 4 July 2015.<ref name="APS" /><ref name="RailGazette2" />

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* [http://www.subways.net/algeria/algiers.htm Subways.net Algiers Metro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206185559/http://www.subways.net/algeria/algiers.htm |date=6 February 2013 }}