The Sidi Bel Abbès Tramway () is a system of

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Sidi Bel Abbès Sidi Bel Abbès (), also called Bel Abbès, is the capital''Sidi Bel Abbes'', lexicorient.com (Encyclopaedia of the Orient), internet article. of the Sidi Bel Abbès wilaya, Algeria. It is named after Sidi bel Abbass, a Muslim marabout or noble ...

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. The first section includes of route and 22 stops.

History

The construction of the line was commissioned to the Turkish company Yapi Merkezi and its subcontractor ENGIE. On 22 June 2013, the Algerian Minister of Transport, Amar Tou, announced the start of work on the network. The first of the 30

Alstom Citadis The Alstom Citadis is a family of low-floor trams and light rail vehicles built by Alstom. , over 2,300 Citadis trams have been sold and 1,800 tramways are in revenue service throughout the world, with operations in all six inhabited continents ...

402 type trams, assembled by the

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 ...

-based Cital, was delivered to Sidi Bel Abbès on 8 April 2016. The line was inaugurated on 25 July 2017.

Stations

There are 22 stations in the Sidi Bel Abbès tramway system all in one line.The L1 has 5 Exchange poles (3 Coach Stations,the new railway station and 2 tramway stations crossing).

Rolling Stock

The Sidi Bel Abbès tramway uses Alstom Citadis 402 similar to the one in Algiers tramway that has been assembled in Annaba.

Extensions

There were another four stations that should have been brought to the system which would have passed over the Southern ring road of the city and ending in cité 20 aout neighborhood but it was abandoned by SETRAM for unknown reasons.

Ticketing

The Price of a ride in the system is 30DA the cheapest along Ourgla's and Mostaganem's Tramway respectively. There are also "Twasoli" cards which works on a monthly basis and tariff changes depending on age and employment of the commuter.

References

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