[1][2] The construction of the line was commissioned to the Turkish company Yapi Merkezi and its subcontractor ENGIE.

On 22 June 2013, the Algerian Minister of Transport, Amar Tou, announced the start of work on the network.

[3] The first of the 30 Alstom Citadis 402 type trams, assembled by the Annaba-based Cital, was delivered to Sidi Bel Abbès on 8 April 2016.

[citation needed] There were another four stations that should have been brought to the system which would have passed over the Southern ring road of the city and ending in cité 20 aout neighborhood but it was abandoned by SETRAM for unknown reasons.

There are also "Twasoli" cards which works on a monthly basis and tariff changes depending on age and employment of the commuter.