Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj train

Trains from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj start at €20.14 and take 2h 8m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj starts at €20.14 and takes 2h 8m door to door, run by 2 operators over 183 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 8mDoor to door
  • 1h 24mMoving
  • €24.54 to €49.84From
  • 06:10 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 6.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€24.54 to €49.84 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

الشركة الوطنية للنقل بالسكك الحديدية runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Bookaway lists departures for Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €49.84Mon21
  2. about €39.39Tue22
  3. about €40.49Wed23
  4. about €47.09Thu24
  5. about €43.24Fri25
  6. about €46.54Sat26
  7. about €36.09Sun27
  8. about €24.54Mon28
  9. about €26.74Tue29
  10. about €26.74Wed30
  11. about €36.09Thu1
  12. about €32.24Fri2
  13. about €33.89Sat3
  14. about €28.39Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€20.14
  1. الشركة الوطنية للنقل بالسكك الحديدية S-489006:101h 27m07:37Bordj el Kiffan stationBordj Bou Arreridj station

Door to door 2h 11mCO2 6.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€23.44
  1. SNTF SN559506:481h 24m08:12Bordj el Kiffan stationBordj Bou Arreridj station

Door to door 2h 8mCO2 6.0 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
الشركة الوطنية للنقل بالسكك الحديدية€20.14
SNTF€23.44

The train gets you into Bordj Bou Arreridj. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Bordj Bou Arreridj for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €25.6490 days
  2. €21.2460 days
  3. €17.9445 days
  4. €21.7730 days
  5. €25.6421 days
  6. €28.3914 days
  7. €36.097 days
  8. €40.493 days
  9. €49.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.94.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 178 percent. The dearest point is €49.84, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €28.39Sun
  2. €24.54Mon
  3. €26.74Tue
  4. €26.74Wed
  5. €36.09Thu
  6. €32.24Fri
  7. €33.89Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Terminals not named for this corridor.

The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 183 km against 159 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Tizi Ouzou, M'Sila, Béjaïa, Bouïra. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bordj el Kiffan at 06:10 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj take?

The Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj takes 2h 8m door to door, of which 1h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 183 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj cost?

The Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj starts at €20.14 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €23.44. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj?

2 operators run the Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj: الشركة الوطنية للنقل بالسكك الحديدية, SNTF. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj use?

The Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj leaves from Bordj el Kiffan station and arrives at Bordj Bou Arreridj station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj?

Fares for the Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.94. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj produce?

The Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj produces about 6.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 183 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj?

Operators on the Train from Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 8m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bordj el Kiffan to Bordj Bou Arreridj on 20 September 2026: 183 km of route against 159 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €20.14, and 2h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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