Night train route
Oran–Béchar Night Train
Oran → Béchar · Algeria
Algeria’s Sahara sleeper, revived in December 2024: couchettes leave Oran at nightfall and reach Béchar at the Saoura’s edge by sunrise.
- Distance
- 675 km
- Fastest time
- ~8 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 79 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 1431856 (637 km), relation 20367178 (156 km), 672 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 6 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: SNTF, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Oran–Béchar Night Train?
The Oran–Béchar Night Train runs 675 km from Oran to Béchar.
How long does the Oran–Béchar Night Train take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ~8 h 30 min for the 675 km. That is an average of 79 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Oran–Béchar Night Train?
SNTF.
How old is the Oran–Béchar Night Train?
The line has been in service since 1906. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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