page_title: Algiers Metro
section_title: Extensions
hierarchical_section_title: Algiers Metro / Extensions
caption_attribution_description: العربية: خريطة المترو، قطار الضواحي و ترامواي الجزائر العاصمة Deutsch: Karte der Metro, S-Bahn und Straßenbahn von Algier English: Metro, suburban train and tramway map of Algiers Français&#160;: Plan du métro, RER et tramway d'Alger
context_page_description: The Algiers Metro, serving Algiers, the capital of Algeria, is a rapid transit system dating from the 1970s that was designed to address the need for mass transport caused by the city's growth. Formally launched in the 1980s, the project slowed due to financial difficulties and security issues in the 1990s. The project recommenced in 2003. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika attended the Metro's 31 October 2011 ribbon-cutting opening ceremony. The Algiers Metro then opened to passengers on the following day, 1 November 2011, making Algiers only the second capital city in Africa to have a metro system.
  The first phase of Line 1, "Haï el Badr"–"Tafourah-Central Post Office", which spanned 9.2 kilometres and 10 stations, opened for public service on 1 November 2011. A 4-kilometre extension from "Haï el Badr" to "El Harrach Centre" opened for commercial service on 4 July 2015 after test runs in June.
context_section_description: Invitations to tender were launched for the construction of a 4 km section between Bachdjarrah and El Harrach composed of 4 stations and one viaduct of 250 m above the access road to the Ouchaïah Wadi motorway. It is opened for public service on 4 July 2015.
  The Gaama group which carried out the first section quoted 250 million euros including the construction of a multimodal station (subway/train/taxis) at the El Harrach railway station.
  Two other extensions to Line 1 had a planned public opening in 2017:
  a branch line from Haï El Badr to Aïn Naâdja.
  an extension north from Tafourah Grande Poste to Place des Martyrs
caption: Public transport of Algiers with planned Metro extensions
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