First line of the Algiers metro

26 December 2011 - Events - Algeria

On 31 October 2011, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika inaugurated the first phase of Line 1 of the Algerian capital's metro system. 9 km in length, it boasts 10 stations (from Tafourah Grande Poste to Haï el Badr) and can transport some 25,000 people an hour in each direction. It has been created by VINCI Construction Grands Projets as part of a consortium formed with Siemens France (leader) and CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles).

VINCI Construction Grands Projets was responsible for the civil engineering, the architectural fitting-out of the stations, the electromechanical equipment, the escalators, the ventilation and the smoke extraction system for the tunnel and the stations, as well as the control centre and the maintenance workshops.
Almost 80,000 people are believed to have used Line 1 on 1st November 2011, the day it was opened to the public.