Private company

Compagnie de l'Ouest algérien

Logo: Riad Salih, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

1881 railway company in Algeria

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. In 1913, the total length of the network was 449 km.2 It is headquartered in Algiers.1 It ceased to exist in 1921.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1881Founded1
  • HeadquartersAlgiers1
  • Legal formS.A.1
Oranie 1930
Photo: Commandant Pollachi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

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.2

Timeline

  1. 1921Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1881Founded Founded1