Algiers railway station (, ) is a train station in the municipality of Kasbah in the state of

Algiers Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...

, located near the Kasbah of Algiers and the port of Algiers. Many types of trains of different grades depart from it to all parts of

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. The station is considered to be the central station of the city of Algiers and the rest of the country.

History

The station's history dates back to the second half of the nineteenth century, when it was inaugurated with the Blida train station on August 15, 1862, in parallel with the receipt of the first railway line, 50 km long, linking the city of Algiers with the city of Blida. French architect Charles Frédéric Chassériau designed the station. Its construction began during the

French occupation of Algeria French Algeria ( until 1839, then afterwards; unofficially ; ), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of History of Algeria, Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France. French rule lasted until ...

, immediately after the approval of the imperial decree on April 8, 1857, to establish a railway line from Algiers to Oran. The Algerian Railways Company undertook the completion of this project according to the formula of the railway exploitation concession by two contracts dated June 20, 1860 and July 11, 1860. In 1858,

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...

had ordered to prepare the land extending from the Kasbah of Algiers to the end of

Boufarik Boufarik is a town in Blida Province, Algeria, approximately 30 km from Algiers. In 2008, its population was 57,162.popul ...

, in preparation for the completion of the railway. The construction of the Algiers train station was completed and inaugurated in the year 1865 during the completion of a railway line from Algiers to Oran. The railway line from Algiers to Blida began on September 8, 1862 for the commodity train, then on October 25, 1862 for the passenger train. The Algiers train station was reconstructed at the beginning of the twentieth century. It was renovated in 2016.https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181301/http://www.mekerra.fr/images/ouvrages-algerie/napoleon3-en-algerie.pdf

Algiers Metro

The Ali Boumendjel Metro Station (line 1), located at the intersection of Larbi Ben M'hidi, Ali Boumendjel and Patrice Lumumba streets, about 600 meters away, is accessible by leaving the station and taking the public road.

References

External links

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The Railways of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria ''(Internet Archive)'' *http://www.alger-city.com/economie/transports/gare-centrale-d-alger {{Africa in topic, Rail transport in Railway stations in Algiers Province Railway stations in Algeria opened in 1862