Project and construction support for Constantine tramway

Algeria

Constantine is the third largest city in Algeria and is located in a privileged enclave protected by deep ravines. The city has a rich historical and cultural heritage which includes its many bridges.

IDOM is involved in the project and construction support for the extension of Constantine Tramway Line 1 in Algeria, a key initiative connecting nearly one million people and revitalizing urban mobility. The service covers two double-track sections, involving all disciplines: civil works, urban development, electrification, signaling, and systems. The project blends respect for Constantine’s historical and cultural heritage with urban modernization, helping transform the city into an international cultural reference.

A project that combines tradition and modernity

The introduction of the tram system will reinforce the public transport system renovating both the urban configuration and the way in which people move, with the aim of connecting the Wilaya complex (Constantine, Zouaghi, Ali-Mendjeli and El Khroub) with a million inhabitants and contribute to the transformation of the historical city of Constantine, with its privileged natural location, its bridges and its heritage, into an international cultural reference.

The commission includes all the disciplines involved in tramway projects: civil works and platform, urbanization, tracks, electrification, signalling and associated systems. The spirit of the project also includes the foresight for future extensions and the different possible exploitation schemes in its development in stages.

A boulevard and urban park are planned on the Ali-Mendjeli esplanade to enhance daily activity and become an area for recreation, achieving high landscape appeal. It will be a great urban park for citizens to enjoy and a green lung in a lineal axis almost a kilometer long.

The project involves resolving the sloping 50 meter-wide boulevard, by designing wave-shaped platforms that are retained by white stone walls. Each of these platforms seeks to appeal to a function for the recreation of the citizens: infants playing area, sports, tram arrival square, fountains area, sitting areas, landscaped gardens, etc.

In the image: Alejandro Cortés, Jorge Bernabéu and Inés Monclús.

Light Urban Transport (LUT)