Mostaganem Tramway
{{Short description|Tram system in Algeria}}
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|began_operation = 18 February 2023
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|el = Overhead line (750 V DC)
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Mostaganem tramway is the tram of the Algerian city Mostaganem. It opened on 18 February 2023.{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-12 |author=Erik Buch |date=2023-02-20 |language=de |title=Mostaganem: Algeriens neueste Tram eröffnet! |url=https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/mostaganem-algeriens-neueste-tram-eroeffnet/ |website=Urban Transport Magazine}}
History
In 2012 the project was awarded to a consortium of Corsán-Coviam Construcción and Isolux Ingeniería as well as Alstom (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.{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-12 |date=2023-02-20 |language=en |publisher=DVV Media International |title=Mostaganem tramway opens |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/light-rail-and-tram/mostaganem-tramway-opens/63588.article |website=Metro Report International}} First test drives were published in 2021.{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-12 |date=2021-01-03 |language=de |title=Algerien: Erste Testfahrten bei der neuen Straßenbahn in Mostaganem |url=https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/algerien-erste-testfahrten-bei-der-neuen-strassenbahn-in-mostaganem/ |website=Urban Transport Magazine}}
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 in the southwest (terminus Nouvelle Gare Routière). The other line, line T1, is a north-south line running from university to the southwest.
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!Line ! !Length !Stops !Interval |
| T1
|La Salamandre ↔ Gare de Mostaganem ↔ Karouba |12,2 km |20 |
| T2
|Gare de Mostaganem ↔ Nouvelle Gare Routière |2 km |4 |
Rolling stock
The network operates 25 seven car low-floor trams of the Alstom Citadis 402 series. They were built in Annaba by the Cital joint venture. The trams are 43 metres long and can carry around 400 passengers.{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-12 |author=Erik Buch |date=2023-02-20 |language=de |title=Mostaganem: Algeriens neueste Tram eröffnet! |url=https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/mostaganem-algeriens-neueste-tram-eroeffnet/ |website=Urban Transport Magazine}}{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-12 |date=2023-05-26 |language=en |title=Mostaganem Tramway, Algeria |url=https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/mostaganem-tramway-algeria/?cf-view |website=Railway Technology}}