Editing Transport in Algeria (section)

== Railways ==
[[File:Map of the Algeria railway network - OSM (2023) - V2.png|thumb|450px|Map of operating railways in Algeria, with operating lines (black) and lines under construction (blue)]]
{{Further|Rail transport in Algeria}}

There are a total of {{convert|4,560|km|mi|abbr=on}} of {{Track gauge|1435mm|allk=on}} railways: with {{convert|480|km|mi|abbr=on}} of that being electrified and {{convert|560|km|mi|abbr=on}} of that being [[Double-track railway|double tracked]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sntf.dz/index.php/a-propos-de-la-sntf/chiffres-cles|title=Chiffres clés|website=sntf.dz|access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref>

[[SNTF]] operates the railways, whilst a new, separate organisation, [[Anesrif]], has been created to manage infrastructure investment.

The [[High Plateau line]] is a major new project to build an east–west line across the country, parallel to the [[Rocade Nord]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/planning-a-railway-to-the-high-plateau.html|
access-date=2011-03-24|title=Railway Gazette: Planning a railway to the High Plateau}}</ref>

=== Timeline ===
{{Update|part=section|date=October 2022}}

==== 2009 ====
* A 690-km line from [[Béchar]] to Oran is opened on 15 July.<ref>[http://www.elmoudjahid.com/fr/actualites/874 Inscription sur elmoudjahid<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Planning starts on suburban electrification at [[25 kV AC]].

==== 2006 ====
* A new {{convert|204|km|mi|adj=on}} railway currently under construction from [[Tébessa]] to [[Aïn M'lila|Aïn M'Lila]]. The {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[Algiers]] bypass line between [[Djasr Kasentina]] and [[Oued Smar]] is also being upgraded.
* 18 May 2006 [[SNTF]] is to spend $US5 billion (about R30bn) in the next five years on improvements.<ref name="RGI">{{cite magazine | title= Desert riches fuel network revival | magazine = [[Railway Gazette International]] | author=Murray Hughes | access-date = 2007-09-03 | url = http://www.railwaygazette.com/features_view/article/2007/06/7315/desert-riches-fuel-network-revival.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184620/http://www.railwaygazette.com/features_view/article/2007/06/7315/desert-riches-fuel-network-revival.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-09-27}}</ref> It has awarded a 39-month-duration contract worth €248.3 million to a joint Algerian and Spanish consortium that will double the [[Annaba]]–[[Ramdane Djamel|Ramdane Djamal]] portion of the {{convert|626|km|mi|abbr=on}} [[Algiers]]–[[Annaba]] line and upgrade the track for 1{{convert|60|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} operation.
* SNTF is to electrify {{convert|420|km|mi|abbr=on}} of the route west of Annaba at [[25 kV AC]], including the branches from [[Ramdane Djamel]] to [[Skikda]] ({{convert|19|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=or}}) and [[Beni Mansour]] to [[Béjaïa]] ({{convert|88|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=or}}), as well as the line from [[Khemis Miliana]] to [[Oran]] ({{convert|303|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=or}}).
* 18 May 2006 – By early 2009, it is hoped to open the first {{convert|16.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} section of the new light rail line in Algeria's capital city, linking [[Carl du Ruisseau]] to [[Bordj El Kiffan]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Railways Africa | publisher = RailwaysAfrica | url =  http://www.railwaysafrica.com }}</ref>
* Under construction: there are three projects to build tramway networks in three major cities: [[Algiers|Alger]], [[Oran]] and [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]] ({{convert|9|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=or}}, planned opening 2010).<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Metros | date=2006-07-01 | magazine = [[Railway Gazette International]] | access-date = 2007-09-03 |url = http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2006/07/4418/metros-32.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071023213333/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2006/07/4418/metros-32.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-10-23}}</ref>
*  [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|CAF]] is to supply 17 non-tilting diesel multiple-units based on the [[Renfe]] Series 598 [[tilting train]]s.<ref name="RGI" />