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Compagnie de l'Ouest algérien

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Map of the Oran department and railway lines
A train crossing the Pont des Cascades in Tlemcen, 1905

The Compagnie de l'Ouest algérien (OA) was a railway company created in 1881 to build and operate a network in the Department of Oran.[1]

A train at Berrouaghia station with a 130t locomotive, series 1 to 9.
A train at Boghari station.

In 1913, the total length of the network was 449 km.

The lines are of standard gauge, except for the Blida to Djelfa line, which is of narrow gauge, built at a gauge of 1055 mm.

The Compagnie de l'Ouest algérien was integrated into the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée by decree of 31 December 1920.[2]

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