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Algiers subway system honoured on national holiday
On July 5, 2009, on the occasion of the national holiday in Algeria, a train travelled the entire length of the Algiers subway line from Tafourah Grande station in the northern part of the city to Haï El Badr in the south. Travelling on board the train were Algeria’s Minister of Transportation, Amar Tou, the Secretary General of the Government, and the President of the FLN (Front de Libération nationale) as well as about 30 journalists and 100 invited guests.
07/16/2009
This initial run from one end of the Algiers subway system to the other
is a highly symbolic event at a point in the project when all civil
engineering and architectural installation tasks have been completed
and the implementation of electromechanical systems is well under way.
The ten stations of Line 1, developed by VINCI Construction Grands
Projets in partnership with Siemens Transportation Systems and CAF,
will help relieve road traffic. Travelling at a speed of 70 km per
hour, the subway system will operate from 5 AM to 11 PM and carry
41,000 passengers per hour, or 150 million per year.
See the Algiers subway system website : www.metroalger-dz.com
In the foreground from left to right : Amar Tou,
minister of Transportation, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, minister of
State, advisor to the President, Abdelouahab Maza, director
of Subway system, Entreprise métro d'Alger