Algiers metro opens after decades of delays

摘要

Doors on the Algiers metro slid open to passengers for the first time last month. This followed Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika inaugurating the metro at a 'festival atmosphere' ribbon cutting ceremony on 31 October. Algiers Metro Line One, running from Hai el badr in the southeast to Tafourah Grande Poste in the centre, has been under construction for nearly 30 years, though work was halted for a ten-year civil war and economic crisis.