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==Country Name== | ==Country Name== | ||
Algeria (Algerie) | Algeria (Algerie) | ||
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===Downloadable Timetable=== | ===Downloadable Timetable=== | ||
There do not appear to be any downloadable SNTF timetables available on the main SNTF website. The [http://www.fahrplancenter.com/SNTFIndex.html Fahrplancenter] website does provide some timetable information, but it has not been updated recently. | There do not appear to be any downloadable SNTF timetables available on the main SNTF website. The [http://www.fahrplancenter.com/SNTFIndex.html Fahrplancenter] website does provide some timetable information, but it has not been updated recently. | ||
[[Media:Algeria_-_SNTF_Timetables_Jan_2021.pdf | A PDF version of a timetable spreadsheet created by Jeff Hawken in December 2020 is available here.]] | |||
===Printed Timetable=== | ===Printed Timetable=== | ||
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==Recent and future changes== | ==Recent and future changes== | ||
A thrice-weekly daytime service was reintroduced between Algiers and Annaba in early 2021, having been withdrawn in 2007. | |||
Recent years have seen considerable investment in the extension, electrification, resignalling, double-tracking and modernisation of the Algerian rail network. New DMU / EMU rolling stock has been purchased for regional and inter-regional services. Ongoing projects include: | Recent years have seen considerable investment in the extension, electrification, resignalling, double-tracking and modernisation of the Algerian rail network. New DMU / EMU rolling stock has been purchased for regional and inter-regional services. Ongoing projects include: | ||
* [http://www.anesrif.dz/index.php/fr/life-styles/item/118-rocade-nord-et-ses-dessertes.html Rocade Nord]: Northern route and its connections: modernisation of the main East – West line traversing the coastal plain across the north of Algeria, 1250 km from Annaba to Akid Abbes, plus 572 km of connecting branches | * [http://www.anesrif.dz/index.php/fr/life-styles/item/118-rocade-nord-et-ses-dessertes.html Rocade Nord]: Northern route and its connections: modernisation of the main East – West line traversing the coastal plain across the north of Algeria, 1250 km from Annaba to Akid Abbes, plus 572 km of connecting branches | ||
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The main station at Algiers (Alger) is Agha, with the railway workshops one station further south at Les Ateliers. Long-distance trains may start from Agha in preference to the terminus at Alger, which is nowadays mostly served by suburban trains. | The main station at Algiers (Alger) is Agha, with the railway workshops one station further south at Les Ateliers. Long-distance trains may start from Agha in preference to the terminus at Alger, which is nowadays mostly served by suburban trains. | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:09, 17 February 2024
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