Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba train

Trains from Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba start at €19.59 and take 2h 1m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba starts at €19.59 and takes 2h 1m door to door, run by 2 operators over 174 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

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

  • 2h 1mDoor to door
  • 1h 17mMoving
  • €23.44 to €45.99From
  • 06:10 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 5.7 kgCO2

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

€23.44 to €45.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. 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 trip

Bookaway lists departures for Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba 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 €41.04Mon21
  2. about €37.19Tue22
  3. about €31.69Wed23
  4. about €45.99Thu24
  5. about €41.04Fri25
  6. about €44.34Sat26
  7. about €27.84Sun27
  8. about €23.44Mon28
  9. about €25.09Tue29
  10. about €25.64Wed30
  11. about €34.44Thu1
  12. about €31.14Fri2
  13. about €32.24Sat3
  14. about €23.98Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€19.59
  1. الشركة الوطنية للنقل بالسكك الحديدية S-105206:101h 23m07:33Bordj Bou Arreridj stationRouïba

Door to door 2h 7mCO2 5.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€22.34
  1. SNTF SN348606:481h 17m08:05Bordj Bou Arreridj stationRouïba

Door to door 2h 1mCO2 5.7 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
الشركة الوطنية للنقل بالسكك الحديدية€19.592h
SNTF€22.341h 59m

The train gets you into Rouiba. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Rouiba for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba

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

  1. €24.5490 days
  2. €20.1460 days
  3. €16.8445 days
  4. €22.3330 days
  5. €23.9921 days
  6. €23.9814 days
  7. €27.847 days
  8. €31.693 days
  9. €41.041 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 144 percent. The most expensive point is €41.04, 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. €23.99Sun
  2. €23.44Mon
  3. €25.09Tue
  4. €25.64Wed
  5. €34.44Thu
  6. €31.14Fri
  7. €32.24Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rouiba

Rail
  • Rouïba
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 174 km against 152 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bouïra, Tizi Ouzou, M'Sila, Béjaïa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Bou Arreridj 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 Bou Arreridj to Rouiba

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Bou Arreridj to Rouiba take?

The Train from Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba takes 2h 1m door to door, of which 1h 17m is spent moving. The route runs 174 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 Bou Arreridj to Rouiba cost?

The Train from Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba starts at €19.59 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €22.61. 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 Bou Arreridj to Rouiba?

2 operators run the Train from Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba: 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 Bou Arreridj to Rouiba use?

The Train from Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba leaves from Bordj Bou Arreridj station and arrives at Rouïba. 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 Bou Arreridj to Rouiba?

Fares for the Train from Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €16.84. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 144 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Train from Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba produces about 5.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 174 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

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

Operators on the Train from Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 1m 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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bordj Bou Arreridj to Rouiba on September 20, 2026: 174 km of route against 152 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €19.59, and 2h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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