Mostaganem tramway is the

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

of the Algerian city

Mostaganem Mostaganem () is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem (province), Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria. The city, founded in the 11th century lies on the Gulf of Arzew, Mediterranean Sea and is 72 km ENE of Oran. It is consi ...

. It opened on 18 February 2023.

History

In 2012 the project was awarded to a consortium of Corsán-Coviam Construcción and Isolux Ingeniería as well as

Alstom Alstom SA () is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional ...

(28 %). Construction work began in September 2013 and was planned to finish in 2016. But because of financial problems of Corsán-Coviam Construcción the project had to be reawarded to Cosider Travaux Publics, Cosider Ouvrages d'Art and Alstom. First test drives were published in 2021.

Current network

The central hub of the network is formed by the ''Gare de Mostaganem'' stop at the railway station of the city. Here terminates line T2 which connects to a

bus station A bus station, bus depot, or bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. A bus station is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can st ...

in the southwest (terminus ''Nouvelle Gare Routière''). The other line, line T1, is a north-south line running from university to the southwest.

Rolling stock

The network operates 25 seven car low-floor trams of the

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402 series. They were built in

Annaba Annaba (), formerly known as Bon, Bona and Bône, is a seaport city in the northeastern corner of Algeria, close to the border with Tunisia. Annaba is near the small Seybouse River and is in the Annaba Province. With a population of about 263,65 ...

by the Cital

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. The trams are 43 metres long and can carry around 400 passengers.

References

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