Houari Boumediene Airport is connected to the city centre by train, public buses and taxis.

The journey to the centre takes about 20 minutes. The train costs 80 Algerian dinars, while a taxi costs about 1,350 dinars.

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Taxi / mobile app

There are no mobile apps like Uber, Bolt or Careem operating in Algiers.

However, there are a large number of official taxis available and their stand is in front of both terminals. Avoid the offers of taxi drivers in the arrivals hall. Official taxi drivers are always waiting at their cars at the stand.

Payment is cash only and the price to the city centre is approx. 1 350 dzd. However, taxi drivers can also accept foreign cash, especially euros and US dollars (10 eur / 10 usd).

SNTF train

The SNTF, Algeria's state-owned railway, runs to the airport. The station is underground and the entrance is clearly marked from both terminals.

Modern electric trains run to the centre and train travel is generally very safe in Algeria.

Tickets can be purchased at the ticket office in cash only for 80 dzd. The price is the same to all stations.

The train to the airport stops at the following stations:

• Bab Ezzouar - a station in a district close to the airport and outside the centre.
• El Harrach - a station on the eastern edge of Algiers outside the centre
• Agha - the main station in the historic centre of Algiers

The train to Agha station takes 20 to 25 minutes.

• Frequency - irregular interval, runs once every hour to once every 120 minutes
• Last train from the airport - 22:25
• First train to the airport - 6:00

For current timetables, please visit the official website sntf.dz

City bus

ETUSA's 3 city bus lines also stop in front of both terminals.

The ticket price for all lines is 50 dzd and is payable in cash only to the conductor inside the bus.

• Line 39 - goes to Audin station in the centre of Algiers
  • Travel time approx. 50 minutes
  • Frequency - irregularly once every hour to once every 2 hours
• Line 100 - goes to Place des Martyrs, one of the main squares in the historic centre of Algiers
  • Journey time approx. 50 minutes
  • Frequency - irregularly once every hour to once every 2 hours
• Line 178 - goes to the main bus station Caroubier
  • Journey time approx. 30 minutes
  • Frequency - irregularly 1x per hour to 1x every 2 hours

Buses run very irregularly and a more reliable mode of transport is by train or taxi.