National Company for Rail Transport
SNTF, votre partenaire idéal (French: SNTF, your ideal partner)
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| Industry | Rail transport |
| Founded | March 31, 1976 |
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 Algiers, Algeria
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Area served
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Algeria, Tunisia |
| Products | Rail transport, Cargo, transport, Service, more... |
| Subsidiaries | See article |
| Website | www |
| National Rail Transportation Company Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires الشركة الوطنية للنّقل بالسّكك الحديدية |
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SNTF, votre partenaire idéal (French: SNTF, your ideal partner) |
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| Track gauge | |
| 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | 2,888 km (1,795 mi) |
| 1,055 mm (3 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | 1,085 km (674 mi) |
| Electrification | |
| Main | Voltage (what?) Overhead |
The National Rail Transportation Company (French: Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires, abbreviated SNTF; Arabic: الشركة الوطنية للنّقل بالسّكك الحديدية) — is Algeria's national railway operator. The SNTF, a state-owned company, currently has a monopoly over Algeria's network of 3,973 km (2,469 mi), even though it is currently exploiting only 3,572 km (2,220 mi). Out of the total railway network, 2,888 km (1,795 mi) are 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge (283 km or 176 mi of these are electrified) and 1,085 km (674 mi) are 1,055 mm (3 ft 5 1⁄2 in) narrow gauge (as of 2008).
The history of the railway in Algeria starts with the colonization of the country by France. On April 8, 1857, a decree orders the creation of 1,357 km (843 mi) of railway, beginning with a standard gauge line going from Algiers to Blida, started on December 12, 1859. The private Compagnie des chemins de fer algériens starts working on that line with the help of the French army on July 11, 1860. At the same time, the company got the permission to create an Oran-Sig line and a Constantine-Skikda line, however, due to economic difficulties, only the Algiers-Blida line was finished, and opened to the public on September 8, 1862. Afterwards, 5 other companies start the creation of new lines, these are:
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