Siemens Upgrades Railway Line in Northern Algeria for Double-Track Operation
The rail automation specialist ESTEL RA, a joint venture of the Algerian national company for rail transport SNTF (Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires) and Siemens, has been awarded an order to deliver rail signaling and operations control equipment for upgrading the line between Beni Mansour and Bejaia for double-track operation. For Siemens, the order is worth about 95 million euros. The customer is the Algerian railway agency ANESRIF (Agence nationale d’études et de suivi de la réalisation des investissements ferroviaires).