Press release
23 December 2024On October 31, 2011, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika inaugurated the first subway line in his country’s capital city, which was built by a consortium of: Siemens France (lead contractor), VINCI Construction Grands Projets, and CAF.
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.
Siemens France supplied the signalling, Trainguard MT CBTC train automation technology, the telecommunications, the track, the complete electrification of the line, the ticketing technology and the Central Control Room. As the consortium leader, Siemens also oversaw project management and all systems engineering functions.
CAF supplied the rolling stock (14 six-carriage trains), and the auxiliary vehicles used for maintenance work.
The first segment of Line 1 of the Algiers subway system includes 10 stations (from Tafourah Grande Poste to Haï el Badr) covering a 9-kilometre stretch. The first metro line is the cornerstone of the Algerian capital’s future structuring network.
EMA (Entreprise du Métro d’Alger) has entrusted operation of the first subway line in Algiers to RATP El Djazaïr, a subsidiary of the RATP group.
