Morocco Advances 450km High-Speed Rail Project from Kenitra to Marrakech

Morocco is continuing the extension of the Kenitra-Tangier railway line to Marrakech. This 450 km project, planned in the "Rail Maroc 2040" plan, will connect several major cities and develop the kingdom’s rail network. It is composed of three lots including Kenitra-Ain Sebaa of 150 km (lot 1), Ain Sebaa-Nouaceur of 130 km (lot 2) and Nouaceur-Marrakech of 212 km (lot 3).

The studies must be carried out as soon as possible, while ensuring a global and coherent optimization of the network, specifies the French group Egis, specialized in engineering of construction and mobility-dedicated services. In detail, the studies to be carried out concern the Ain Sebaa-Nouaceur section, including the bypass of the Casablanca hub and the 60 km of quadrupling of the tracks under operation.

This step will require strong mobilization of the ONCF stakeholders (engineering, operations, commercial, testing, etc.) and engineering firms, adds Egis, which had carried out between 2010 and 2018 the integrated project management of the tracks, catenary and bases of the Tangier-Kenitra LGV as well as that of the civil engineering of the northern section.