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The trolley will close our series on the history of public transport in Algeria, we may be waiting for a new future mode of public transport. We have presented the tramway and some may be wondering about the difference between these two modes of transport. So before we start talking about the trolley, let's explain this to you: '' the tramway runs in a guided manner, on rails while the trolley (also called trolleybus) is a bus powered by poles connected to an overhead electri

When we talk about cable transport, we include these two modes of transport: ▪ The cable car, also called an aerial tramway, has two cabins that cannot be detached from the cables. One or two cables support the cabins and one cable propels them. The cabins arrive simultaneously at opposite stops and travel back and forth between the two stations, without the possibility of turning; ▪ Gondolas can be detached from the cables, and thus turn or stop at intermediate stops. They c

The tramway is one of the first forms of public transport set up in Algeria. The establishment of the first horse-drawn tramway networks dates back to Algiers in 1875. A few years later, the electrification of tramways was simultaneous on both sides of the Mediterranean since it took place in France in 1893 and in Algiers in 1896. At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the Algerian tramway network was considered one of the most modern in the world. For the tramway i

The first internal combustion engine taxi capable of carrying up to four passengers appeared in Paris in 1899. In 1904, Louis Renault...

If we talk about the rail in Algeria in the series of urban public transport modes in Algeria, it is because at the time the train...

Monorail is a guided transport system where vehicles run on a single track, rail or concrete beam. By extension, the term applies to any...

The first underground system was opened in London in 1863; it was in fact a network of steam-powered trains running in trenches. It was...

Coaches (intercity journeys) and buses (urban and peri-urban journeys) have always been the preferred means of transport in Algeria, they...

Our first part of this series on the History of public transport in Algeria and certainly the shortest of this series but oh so exotic...

As part of its mission to transmit the history of the automobile in Algeria, COCKPITdz presents you a file on the History of public...