Morocco has operated its high-speed train since 2018, while California is still waiting for its own. An American column contrasts Al Boraq’s results with the delays and staggering costs of the Californian rail project.
The ONCF faces delays from Spanish manufacturer CAF in delivering its new trains. The railway operator’s attempt to find an alternative with South Korean Hyundai Rotem has so far gone unanswered.
In a report aired on April 5th, the American cult show 60 Minutes (CBS) has elevated the Moroccan high-speed train, Al Boraq , as a global example of technical success, starkly contrasting with the failure of the United States to build their own high-speed network.
Several tramway lines will be built in Tangier. The objective is to address the transportation difficulties in the northern city, in anticipation of the 2030 World Cup.
The National Railway Office (ONCF) has officially signed a contract worth 781 million euros with the French group Alstom for the acquisition of 18 Avelia Horizon very high-speed trains as part of the project to extend the high-speed line connecting Tangier to Marrakech.
The French manufacturer Alstom and the National Railway Company (SNCF) have unveiled in Paris the design of the interior of the Avelia Horizon (TGV M) train, ordered by Morocco for the extension of the High Speed Line to connect Kenitra to Marrakech.
The French industrial group Alstom failed to convince the National Railway Office (the Moroccan railway operator) to entrust it with the manufacture of 150 conventional trains.
The National Railway Office (ONCF) of Morocco has excluded the manufacturers Talgo (Spain) and Alstom (France) during the first phase of the contract award for the acquisition of 150 trains, in preparation for the 2030 World Cup.
Morocco is getting on the rails of rail production with an ambitious project for a train car manufacturing plant , announced Abdessamad Kayouh, Minister of Transport and Logistics, before the House of Representatives.
Morocco has decided to award the contract for the supply of high-speed trains to serve the future Kenitra-Marrakech line to the French company Alstom.
All eyes are on the National Railway Office (ONCF), which will announce in the coming weeks the name of the multinational that will supply the trains for the future Kénitra-Marrakech TGV line. The French giant Alstom should win this mega contract.
Several foreign groups are fiercely competing to win the international tender recently launched by the National Railway Office (ONCF) for the acquisition of 168 trains, including 18 high-speed trains, to modernize its fleet and the rail network in Morocco by 2030.