The ambitious regional express network (RER) project is finally coming out of the drawers of the Casablanca-Settat Regional Council. Its implementation should be effective before the World Cup that Morocco will co-host with Spain and Portugal.
The Moroccan authorities have selected the Spanish public engineering company Ineco to carry out the feasibility studies and the preliminary design of the railway line to Tangier and Tetouan. A mega-contract for which French companies also competed.
While it was built with the aim of reducing congestion on National Road No. 1, which experiences significant traffic jams, especially during the summer season when traffic to Assilah increases, the bus station attracts very few passengers.
During his participation in the fourteenth edition of the "InnoTrans" trade fair in Berlin, Germany, Mohamed Rabie Khlie, the Managing Director of the National Railway Office (ONCF), presented Morocco’s strategy to consolidate its position as a leader in the railway sector at the regional and continental levels.
The National Railway Office (ONCF) is working for the success of the project to connect Tetouan to the rail and highway networks. This is evidenced by the response of Mohamed Abdeljalil, Minister of Transport and Logistics, to Parliament.
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.
The first lot of civil engineering works for the Kenitra-Marrakech High Speed Line (LGV) megaproject was awarded to the Chinese public operator China Railway NO.4 Engineering (CREC 4) by the National Railway Office (ONCF), while the Egis-Systra-Novec consortium led by the French Egis Rail won the strategic contract for project management assistance for the ONCF for the extension of the High Speed Line to Marrakech.
The National Railway Office (ONCF) is accelerating the realization of the High Speed Line (LGV) connecting Kenitra to Marrakech.
Renovation work on the Rabat-Ville station has resumed after a long period of suspension. It has been entrusted to the firm of architect Youssef Melehi, who designed the Rabat-Agdal and Marrakech stations, replacing the AWM firm.
Already facing a general rise in prices, Moroccans now have to deal with an increase in train ticket prices. This decision by the National Railway Office (ONCF) has sparked the anger of users and some parliamentarians.
Things are accelerating for the High-Speed Line (LGV) project between Kénitra and Marrakech. A Chinese public operator has been awarded the first lot of civil engineering works.
The National Railway Office (ONCF) plans to build 20 new stations for high-speed regional trains (RER) in preparation for the 2030 World Cup.