A consortium of Alstom, Corsan, Corviam and Cosider has secured a contract from Algeria’s public transport operator Entreprise Metro d’Alger (EMA) to extend the Constantine area Tramway.
The completion of the extension is scheduled for three years from now and Alstom’s share of the contract is worth €80m.
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The 10km extension will link the existing station of Zouaghi with the new city of Ali Mendjeli and with the Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport.
Under the deal, Alstom will deliver the integrated system, tracks, catenaries, telecommunications and signalling, substations and ticketing equipment.
The tramway, which opened in July 2013, has so far carried more than 7.2 million passengers and the extension is expected to further increase this ridership.
Once complete, the extended line will span 18km in total and will be equipped with the first Citadis trams manufactured at the Annaba site by Cital, Alstom’s local joint-venture, formed with Ferrovial and EMA in 2010.
Alstom Transport Middle East and Africa senior vice-president Gian-Luca Erbacci said: "By placing this new order, EMA confirms once again its confidence in Alstom’s integrated tramway solutions."
Alstom has already supplied integrated tramway systems for Algiers, Oran and Constantine, and is currently supplying infrastructure for tramways in Ouargla, Mostagamen and Setif.
Alstom has currently been awarded 17 tramway systems across the world, including those of Reims and Bordeaux in France, Algiers in Algeria, Barcelona in Spain, Dubai in the UAE, Cuenca in Ecuador, Rio in Brazil and Sydney in Australia.
Image: Citadis Constantine. Photo: courtesy of Alstom Transport.
