The Algiers metro opened on 1 November 2011 and has one line of about 19 km with 19 stations. Two stations of Line 1 of the Algiers metro carry the name of Bachdjerrah: Bachdjarah Tennis and Bachdjarah. They lie between Hai El Badr and El Harrach Gare.
By metro
The Algiers metro opened on 1 November 2011 and has one line of about 19 km with 19 stations. Two stations of Line 1 of the Algiers metro carry the name of Bachdjerrah: Bachdjarah Tennis and Bachdjarah. They lie between Hai El Badr and El Harrach Gare.
Work on metro line 1 includes an extension from Ain Naadja to Baraki through Gué de Constantine.
By tramway
The tramway opened on 8 May 2011 and runs from Ruisseau, in Kouba, to Dergana Centre, in Bordj El Kiffan. The line covers about 23 km and 37 stations. Since 14 June 2015, its eastern end has been at Dergana Centre, in Bordj El Kiffan.
The Algiers tramway passes through Bab Ezzouar and Mohammadia.
By cable car
Several cable cars climb from the lower town to the hills, among them the lines to the Martyrs' Memorial, Notre-Dame d'Afrique and Bouzareah. A cable car built in 1956 and renovated in 1982 climbs from the Hamma quarter to El Madania, at Diar El Mahçoul. A second line, opened in 1987, links the Jardin d'Essai with the Martyrs' Memorial.
A short cable car, built by Poma, links the Bologhine seafront with Notre-Dame d'Afrique. It was renovated in 2007 and 2008.
A cable car entered service between Basetta station, in Bab El Oued, and Z'ghara, on the heights of Algiers, on 2 January 2019. It stops on the way at Village Céleste and offers a way to reach the basilica of Notre-Dame d'Afrique.
A gondola lift, a cable car with small cabins, has linked Oued Koriche with Bouzareah since September 2014. It stops at Beau Fraisier on the way, and its blue cabins climb to more than 360 m. Built by Garaventa, the line is 2,908 m long.
By train
Birtouta is a rail junction, where the Birtouta to Zéralda line leaves the Algiers to Blida line. The 21 km line is double track and electrified, and it opened on 1 November 2016. It serves five stations: Birtouta, Tessala El Merdja, Sidi Abdellah, the Sidi Abdellah university campus and Zéralda.
A suburban line of the SNTF, the national railway company, links Zéralda with Algiers.
Three stops of the national railway company SNTF serve Rouïba on the line east of Algiers. They are Rouïba, Rouïba Industrial Zone and Rouïba SNVI.
The village of Ouled Chebel lies 2.5 km north west of Chebli, a town in the wilaya of Blida. A railway station stands at the northern edge of the commune.
By road
The village of Birkhadem grew in importance because the road to Blida passes through it, and this road became national road RN 1 from 1845. Today the southern ring road ends on the town square, where it joins the RN 1.
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