Algiers-Skikda line

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Algiers-Skikda line
DMU using the Algiers-Skikda line near the East–West Highway in the Bibans
Overview
Stations	51
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	SNTF
History
Opened	1 September 1870 (1870-09-01)
Last extension	1886
Technical
Line length	540[1] km (340 mi)
Number of tracks	Single track (270 km) and double-track (281 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV AC overhead line from Algiers station to Thénia
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

The Algiers-Skikda line is one of the two trunk lines in the Algerian railway network, the other being the Algiers-Oran line. The line hosts passenger services connecting Algiers station with either Annaba or Constantine, the two largest cities in eastern Algeria. The first segment of the line connected Constantine to the port of Skikda and opened on September 1, 1870, remaining isolated from the remainder of the Algerian network until the opening of the Algiers-Constantine segment in 1879 and further extensions on November 3, 1886.^[2]