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Algeria allocates $8 billion to develop railways.
The National Railway Transport Company of Algeria has launched a broad program to purchase railway transport equipment of various types, including high-capacity locomotives, passenger cars, self-propelled trains, high-speed self-propelled trains, freight cars, and maneuvering locomotives. The company's Director of Management and Contributions Control, Sofiane Aibesh, revealed in an interview with Algerian Radio that 378 billion Algerian dinars (3 billion dollars) have been allocated for the purchase process, confirming the authorities' approval to finance it.
On the other hand, the company is currently implementing another program to rehabilitate, maintain and renew its facilities and lines at a cost exceeding 41 billion Algerian dinars ($300 million). The National Agency for Studies and Monitoring of Railway Investments (ANSRIF) in Algeria put more than 700 kilometers of railway into service during 2023. The (ANSRIF) official as saying that the railway infrastructure development program has witnessed a "strong boost" since 2020, with the provision of the necessary financial appropriations, which allowed the network to be increased to 4,722 kilometers, and is expected to reach 6,500 kilometers upon completion of the program currently being implemented, and 15,000 kilometers by 2030.
Regarding the major lines, the same source explained that "ANSRIF" is working to extend the railway lines to the far south, via 5 tracks, the most prominent of which is the first track extending between the capital and the Niger border over a distance of 2439 kilometers, while the second connects Oran to the Mali border over a distance of 2480 kilometers, in addition to the fourth track connecting the port of Djengen (Jijel) and the Algerian-Libyan border over a distance of 2275 kilometers.
The former Algerian Minister of Transport, Amar Tou, explained that the Algerian railway network jumped from nearly 1,800 kilometers in 2008 to 5,000 kilometers currently, with its expansion continuing in all regions of the country, with the aim of completing the target of 15,000 kilometers by 2030, to be the longest railway network in Arab world.
The National Railway Transport Company of Algeria has launched a broad program to purchase railway transport equipment of various types, including high-capacity locomotives, passenger cars, self-propelled trains, high-speed self-propelled trains, freight cars, and maneuvering locomotives. The company's Director of Management and Contributions Control, Sofiane Aibesh, revealed in an interview with Algerian Radio that 378 billion Algerian dinars (3 billion dollars) have been allocated for the purchase process, confirming the authorities' approval to finance it.
On the other hand, the company is currently implementing another program to rehabilitate, maintain and renew its facilities and lines at a cost exceeding 41 billion Algerian dinars ($300 million). The National Agency for Studies and Monitoring of Railway Investments (ANSRIF) in Algeria put more than 700 kilometers of railway into service during 2023. The (ANSRIF) official as saying that the railway infrastructure development program has witnessed a "strong boost" since 2020, with the provision of the necessary financial appropriations, which allowed the network to be increased to 4,722 kilometers, and is expected to reach 6,500 kilometers upon completion of the program currently being implemented, and 15,000 kilometers by 2030.
Regarding the major lines, the same source explained that "ANSRIF" is working to extend the railway lines to the far south, via 5 tracks, the most prominent of which is the first track extending between the capital and the Niger border over a distance of 2439 kilometers, while the second connects Oran to the Mali border over a distance of 2480 kilometers, in addition to the fourth track connecting the port of Djengen (Jijel) and the Algerian-Libyan border over a distance of 2275 kilometers.
The former Algerian Minister of Transport, Amar Tou, explained that the Algerian railway network jumped from nearly 1,800 kilometers in 2008 to 5,000 kilometers currently, with its expansion continuing in all regions of the country, with the aim of completing the target of 15,000 kilometers by 2030, to be the longest railway network in Arab world.
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