SNTF: development of a major rolling stock acquisition programme
Algeria's national railway transport company SNTF plans to launch a programme to acquire various models of railway rolling stock as part of a project to expand Algeria's national railway network. This is reported by the portal Algérie Eco with reference to an interview with the director of the Department of Control SNTF S. Aibesh.
The SNTF representative said that as part of its strategy to expand the country's railway network to 12500 km by 2035, the company is developing a ‘large-scale’ programme to acquire various types of rolling stock: locomotives, passenger cars, automotoris, high-speed trains, freight cars and shunting locomotives.