The Béni Mansour-Béjaïa line is an Algerian railway connecting the
Soummam River
The Soummam River (pronounced om'm is a river in northern Algeria, born from the confluence of the Sahel River and the Bou Sellam River near Akbou and flowing into the Mediterranean Sea at Béjaïa.
Description
The waters that reach the sea in ...
valley to the
Algiers-Skikda line over 88 kilometers. The line was opened in full in
1899
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History
During
French Algeria, plans were made to connect
Béjaia to the Algerian railway hub of
Sétif in
1857. However, plans were revised to instead connect Béjaïa to the Algiers-Skikda mainline in the village of Béni Mansour (municipality of
Boudjellil) between
Algiers and Sétif. The ''Compagnie de l'est algérien'' received the
concession for building this railroad on May 21, 1884. The line was first opened from Béjaïa to
Tazmalt over a distance of 81 kilometers on December 10, 1888, and then connected to the Algiers-Skikda mainline on March 24, 1889.
Line description
This single-track line
generally flows the
Soummam River
The Soummam River (pronounced om'm is a river in northern Algeria, born from the confluence of the Sahel River and the Bou Sellam River near Akbou and flowing into the Mediterranean Sea at Béjaïa.
Description
The waters that reach the sea in ...
valley in
Bejaia Province and has stations in the communities of Béni Mansour (
Boudjellil municipality),
Tazmalt,
Ouzellaguen municipality), Takriest-Seddouk (
Seddouk municipality),
Sidi Aïch,
Ifenain Ilmathen,
El Kseur,
Oued Ghir, and the provincial capital of
Béjaia.
References
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Railway lines in Algeria