National Company for Rail Transport

National Rail Transportation Company
Native name
الشركة الوطنية للنّقل بالسّكك الحديدية
Company typeState-owned
IndustryRail transport
Founded31 March 1976
Headquarters,
Area served
Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco
ProductsRail transport, Cargo, transport, Service, more...
Revenue4.5 billion DZD
Number of employees
12933 [when?]
SubsidiariesSTPE
STIM
Rail Express
RailLINK
STG
RailPUB
RailLOgistic
Rail Télecom
Safei
Restaurail
Infrarail
Rail Electr
Estel Rail
Websitesntf.dz
  National Rail Transportation Company
Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires
الشركة الوطنية للنّقل بالسّكك الحديدية

SNTF, votre partenaire idéal (French: SNTF, your ideal partner)
Mainline train
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge4,200 km (2,600 mi)
1,055 mm (3 ft 5+12 in)1,085 km (674 mi)
Electrification
MainVoltage ([clarification needed]) Overhead
Features
No. tunnels137
No. bridges7800
No. stations410
Skikda Station (20th century)

The National Rail Transportation Company (French: Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires, abbreviated SNTF, Arabic: الشركة الوطنية للنّقل بالسّكك الحديدية) is Algeria's national railway operator. The SNTF, a state-owned company, currently has a monopoly over Algeria's rail network of 3,973 km (2,469 mi), although it is currently utilising only 3,572 km (2,220 mi). Out of the total railway network, 2,888 km (1,795 mi) are 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge (283 km or 176 mi of these are electrified) and 1,085 km (674 mi) are 1,055 mm (3 ft 5+12 in) narrow gauge (as of 2008).[1][2]

  1. ^ "Transport in Algeria". CIA. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
  2. ^ "SNTF website". SNTF. Retrieved 2008-02-23.