Algiers metro
Nov 11, 2011 23:34:51 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2011 23:34:51 GMT
Algiers was extremely proud to become only the second country in Africa to have a subway system after Cairo, as of November 1st, 2011.
The current project was first launched in the 1970's, but both financial and political problems delayed its construction for decades.
It should also be mentioned that the idea of a subway for Algiers dates back to 1928, but the various suburbs quarreled and the project was abandoned in 1935. The next project emerged in 1959, but it's not hard to imagine what happened with the war of independence and the final creation of the republic in 1962.
Anyway, the very first attempts at digging started in 1990, but the "sort of" civil war made things go really slowly until 2006.
And so now Algiers at last has its first subway line.
I suppose that it should be mentioned that it was built by the RATP, the Paris metro authority. And the Cairo metro was also built by the RATP.
The current project was first launched in the 1970's, but both financial and political problems delayed its construction for decades.
It should also be mentioned that the idea of a subway for Algiers dates back to 1928, but the various suburbs quarreled and the project was abandoned in 1935. The next project emerged in 1959, but it's not hard to imagine what happened with the war of independence and the final creation of the republic in 1962.
Anyway, the very first attempts at digging started in 1990, but the "sort of" civil war made things go really slowly until 2006.
And so now Algiers at last has its first subway line.
I suppose that it should be mentioned that it was built by the RATP, the Paris metro authority. And the Cairo metro was also built by the RATP.
