In Morocco, development projects related to the 2030 World Cup are progressing at a good pace. Among them is the extension of the high-speed rail network, which will impact 59% of users.
The National Railway Office (ONCF) has awarded three major contracts to three major manufacturers who submitted the most advantageous and economically viable bids as part of its program to acquire new trains.
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 French group Colas has been awarded three major contracts worth a total of 4.7 billion dirhams (430 million euros) as part of the project to extend the high-speed line connecting Kénitra to Marrakech.
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.
In preparation for the 2030 World Cup, Morocco is working to modernize its railway network. A 96 billion investment program is planned for this purpose.
Morocco aims to modernize its rail network, in preparation for the 2030 World Cup. The project to extend the High-Speed Line (LGV) to Marrakech is part of this dynamic.
An open construction site, Morocco is attracting foreign companies, particularly French ones. In addition to taking advantage of the local market, the latter are aiming to conquer the African market from the kingdom.
The authorities of the province of Settat have announced the completion of the expropriation formalities for 996 plots covering a total area of 552 hectares to allow the construction of the high-speed line (LGV) connecting Kénitra to Marrakech.
Morocco is actively preparing for the 2030 World Cup and clearly displaying its ambitions. The travel time between certain cities will be halved. This is at least what Abdessamad Kayouh, Minister of Transport and Logistics, promised on Tuesday evening before the House of Advisors.
The Minister of Transport and Logistics, Abdessamad Kayouh, provided clarification on the delays affecting shuttle trains and high-speed shuttle trains in Morocco.
The offers of eight companies have convinced the National Railway Office (ONCF) which has awarded them major contracts as part of the high-speed rail (HSR) megaproject connecting Kénitra to Marrakech.