Bouygues SA's Colas Rail Awarded Contract for the Extension of Line 1 on Algiers Metro as Part of a Consortium

Bouygues SA's Colas Rail announced that as part of a consortium with KOU.G.C., it was awarded a contract involving the extension of Line 1 on the Algiers metro between Hai El Badr and El Harrach-Centre stations. The project includes the construction of the entire transport system and 4 new stations along a total of 4 kilometers of line. Colas Rail, will lay the track and the third rail, in addition to installing electrical supply, low voltage equipment, tunnel ventilation and the ticketing system. The entire contract value amounts to EUR 85 million, slightly more than one half of which is earmarked for Colas Rail. With work slated to last 23 months, the extension should be operational by November 2014.