Houari Boumediene Airport Railway Station
Houari Boumediene Airport Railway Station محطة قطار مطار هواري بومدين | |||||
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 Station building | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Chemin de l'Aéroport, Dar El Beida. Algeria | ||||
| Coordinates | 36°42′01″N 3°12′33″E / 36.70028°N 3.20917°E | ||||
| Owned by | SNTF | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 29 April 2019 | ||||
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The Houari Boumediene Airport Station (French: Gare de l'Aéroport Houari Boumédiène, Arabic: محطة قطار مطار هواري بومدين) is an Algerian railway station located in the district of Dar El Beïda, in the province of Algiers. It serves the Algiers Airport.
Railway Situation
[edit]The station is located at the end of a short 2.8 km long railway line, of which 1.6 km is underground, originating from the east of Bab Ezzouar station on the Algiers-Skikda line.[1]
History
[edit]It was in the early 2010s that the idea of creating a station at Algiers Airport came to fruition. The establishment of this railway line aimed to facilitate the mobility of travelers from the center of Algiers to the airport, thereby offering a new solution for passengers leaving the airport to reach various cities connected to the regional and national railway network.[2]
Construction work began on December 11, 2012.[2] The new station and its railway line were inaugurated on April 29, 2019.[1]
Passenger Service
[edit]The Airport station is located between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 of the airport. It is approximately a 5-minute walk from Terminal 4.[3]
Access to the station can be done directly from the airport, as well as through the car park of Terminal 4 and Terminals 1 and 2.[3]
Service
[edit]The station is served by trains from the suburban rail network of Algiers, with the terminus at Agha station in Algiers.[4]
The trains connect Algiers to the airport in 20 minutes, with 34 journeys per day from 5:00 AM to 9:05 PM departing from Agha station, and from 5:30 AM to 9:35 PM from the airport. The fare for this journey is 80 DZA for adults and 40 DZA for children.
Connections
[edit]The station is served by lines 39 and 100 of the ETUSA network.[5]
Project
[edit]In 2026, the station will be connected to Line 1 of the Algiers Metro.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Hakim (28 April 2019). "SNTF : le train Agha – aéroport d'Alger opérationnel lundi 29 avril". autonews-dz.com. Retrieved 12 February 2022..
- ^ a b "Alger,Bab Ezzouar - Aéroport, par train". www.algerie360.com (in French). 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ a b "Service de transport public de et vers Alger Houari Boumédiène Airport". AirMundo (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "On a testé la navette reliant Agha à l'aéroport d'Alger". visa-algerie.com (in French). 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "AOTUA ETUSA". aotu-alger.dz. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ Rédaction (2021-10-05). "Métro d'Alger : l'extension vers l'aéroport Houari Boumediene réceptionnée au premier trimestre 2026" (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-19.
