Getting around the wilaya of Constantine
Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport, named after President Mohamed Boudiaf, lies about 9 km south of the city of Constantine, in the commune of El-Khroub. A new terminal opened there on 14 June 2013.
By air
Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport, named after President Mohamed Boudiaf, lies about 9 km south of the city of Constantine, in the commune of El-Khroub. A new terminal opened there on 14 June 2013.
By road
The East West motorway, 1,216 km long from Annaba to Tlemcen, crosses the wilaya south of the city of Constantine.
By tram
The Constantine tramway opened in July 2013, with 10 stations between Benabdelmalek Ramdane, in the city centre, and Zouaghi. In June 2019 an extension of 6.9 km with 5 new stops took the line to the entrance of the new town of Ali Mendjeli. A second extension followed in 2021, bringing the line to about 18 km with 21 stations.
By cable car
A cable car over the gorges of Constantine opened in 2008, with 3 stations. They include Tatache Belkacem, in the old town, and CHU Ben Badis, at the university hospital on the Sidi M'Cid hill.
By rail
The railway station of Constantine lies across the Rhumel from the city centre and is linked to it by the Sidi Rached viaduct.
SNTF, the national rail company, serves El-Khroub station, on the line from Algiers to Skikda between Ouled Rahmoune and Oued Hamimime. The chief town of Ouled Rahmoune also has a station on this line, between El Guerrah and El-Khroub.
El Guerrah, also called El Gourzi, is a village in the south of the commune of Ouled Rahmoune, with a station on the same line. It is also the start of a single track line of about 420 km, which runs south to Biskra and Touggourt.
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