A Swiss made Stadler FLIRT train of Algerian railways SNTF, here at the Innotrans railway fair show in Berlin, Germany.
Picture by Tuukka Ryyppö 29.10.2008.

A similar FLIRT train in use in Algeria. SNTF has 64 of these four coaches long FLIRTs. They are used only in short-haul commuter traffic near the capital city of Algiers.
Picture from Gare de Algiers 19.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

Inside view of an Algerian FLIRT train. Note how broad the corridoor is and how few seats there are.
Picture from Gare de Algiers 19.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

This new train is an Alstom Coradia Polyvalent. It is able to run under a catenary as an electric EMU train with 25 kV AC as well as without electricity as a diesel DMU. Similar trains are being rolled out in France too. Alstom got an agreement to deliver 17 of these trains to Algeria in 2017. This individual train seems to have been involved in some accident as it is missing one plastic+fiberglass part under its nose.
Picture from Agha, Algeria (Gare de Agha, 1 Hassiba Ben Bouali) 19.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

These Algerian locomotives look a bit exotic. The front is almost like in a German electric locomotive but all the rest is like from a huge US style diesel - which it actually is. It is a six axles type built by General Motors in USA. Algerian SNTF has 14 of them and they were delivered since 2008. Its power rating is 2574 kW and top speed is 160 km/h. It's a dieselelectric machine.
Picture from Agha, Algeria (Gare de Agha, 1 Hassiba Ben Bouali) 16.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

This big diesel is of the type 060 DM of the Algerian national railways SNTF. The class 060 DM (often referred to as 060DM or 060-DM) is a series of diesel-electric locomotives operated by the Algerian National Railway Company (SNTF). These locomotives are part of the US built Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) GT26HCW-2A family, often seen in a distinctive blue livery. They are used in Algeria both for passenger and for cargo traffic and they have a reputation of being quite reliable machines. Algerian railways has 10 of these machines and they were delivered from 1985 onwards. The machine has a power rating of 2400 kW and a top speed of 125 km/h. Like here, they are often used on short-haul services not far from the capital.
Note on the right the front of a steering cab coach used in local push-pull traffic.
Picture from Annaba 14.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

This is an Algerian train in Tunisia waiting for its departure time from Tunis towards Annaba. The two locomotives are of the type 060DJ which is a shunter machine by design. These locomotives were built in 1977. They have a power rating of only 1400 kW and a top speed of 100 km/h. A normal line diesel would be typically around 2400 kW, so that explains why two locomotives were needed. The machines were built by General Electric in the USA.
Picture from Tunis 13.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

These inox coaches of Algerian national railways SNTF were built in France. This one is a first class coach.
Picture from Tunis 13.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

Inside view of the of Algerian national railways SNTF first class coach.
Picture from Tunis 13.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

This one coach of Algerian national railways SNTF is a generator wagon. A separate generator wagon is needed as the locomotives used were intended as shunters and therefore are unable to provide the train with electricity.
Picture from Tunis 13.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

This is an Alstom Citadis tram in the city of Oran, Algeria. Oran has just one tram line which is 18,7 km long. The line was opened for service in 2013. It is operated by the Société d'Exploitation des Tramways SETRAM and is owned by the Entreprise Métro d'Alger, the metro system of the city of Algier. Oran had a tram network 1899-1951 already during the colonial time when Algeria belonged to France. It had a line length of around 50 km and a gauge width of 1055 mm. The current line is of normal gauge 1435 mm.
Picture from Oran at Place 1er Novembre 1954 (ex Place D'armes) 17.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

The same operator SETRAM also runs Alstom Citadis trams in Algiers.
Picture from Algiers 29.3.2013 by Habib Kaki. Published under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unportedlicense.

Construction of a metro system in Algiers was started in 1980 but that project never yielded any results. The project was relaunched in 2006 with Siemens and CAF as the main constructors. Regular service started in 2011. There are now 14 six coaches long metro trains built by the Spanish CAF.
Picture from the station Place des Martyrs 19.3.2026 by Markku Salo.

Inside view of one of the CAF metro trains.
Picture from the station Place des Martyrs 19.3.2026 by Markku Salo.