شبكة السكك الحديدية الفرنسية في الجزائر، من خلال المصادر الفرنسية 1833-1857

الملخص EN

The railway project in Algeria is one of the largest projects that the French administration has considered, given the colonial need for these lines in transportation, especially since Algeria has a strategic location that represents the key to French policy in Africa, and because of the importance of this settlement, military and economic project, it has sparked a debate between politicians and decision-makers.

In the French metropolis, as well as economic partners of different liberal or social doctrines.

Despite the intensification of the conflict between the aforementioned parties, the French interests in Algeria required that the imperial executive decree on the railway network be issued on April 08, 1857.