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  • Alstom Vies for $1.6 Billion Morocco High-Speed Rail Contract
    22 October 2024, by Prince

    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.
    After the Casablanca tramways in 2016 and the trains serving the Tangier-Kénitra line since November 2018, Alstom is keen to win the contract to supply trains for the future Kénitra-Marrakech TGV line. The National Railway Office (ONCF) has (…)

  • Alstom Secures $858 Million Contract for Tel Aviv’s New Green Line Metro Project
    18 May 2022, by Sylvanus

    Alstom, which has one of its factories in Morocco, is part of the TMT consortium to which the NTA public transport agency has awarded the contract to build the green line of the Tel-Aviv light metro. This project is in line with Israel’s investment plan in transportation to reduce traffic jams in Tel-Aviv.
    The TMT consortium includes Alstom, the Dan Transportation bus operator and the Israeli public works company Electra, reports Ville Rail Transports. The contract awarded to it is worth (…)

  • Morocco Launches Design Studies for Marrakech-Agadir High-Speed Rail Line
    4 April 2023, by Prince

    The National Railway Office (ONCF) has just launched the preliminary design studies for the implementation of the new high-speed rail line between Marrakech and Agadir.
    The High Speed Line (HSL) between Marrakech and Agadir must, among other things, be interoperable in the sense of the applicable Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) High Speed. The preliminary design studies that have just been launched will allow the design of the HSL for mixed traffic (passengers and (…)

  • ONCF Offers 30% Holiday Discount on Train Travel for Youth and Seniors
    24 December 2019, by Ginette

    The National Railway Office (ONCF) is launching special end-of-year offers to reward the loyalty of its customers. They will be able to benefit, during this holiday season, from certain price reductions.
    This is a 30% reduction granted to any holder of a Young and Senior card, on board all ONCF trains: AL BORAQ, AL ATLAS and TNR. This offer is valid until December 31.
    "These simpler and more advantageous cards, intended for people aged 60 and over and young people between 16 and 30, are (…)

  • Morocco Advances Plans for High-Speed Rail Extension to Marrakech
    8 March 2023, by Prince

    Detailed studies for the extension to Marrakech of the high-speed line (HSR) connecting Tangier to Casablanca are progressing. Morocco is giving itself the means to equip itself with a modern rail infrastructure.
    After the inauguration in 2018 of its first high-speed line (HSR), the first in the African continent, Morocco is working to further develop and modernize its rail network. Detailed studies are underway for the extension to Marrakech of the Tangier-Casablanca HSR, over a distance (…)

  • Morocco Boosts Rail Service for School Holiday Travel Rush
    2 November 2019, by Sylvanus

    The National Railway Office (ONCF) intends to offer better safety and comfort conditions to its customers during the school holidays. In this sense, it has developed a special plan covering the period from November 1 to 12.
    Ensuring the movement of passengers in the best conditions of safety and comfort, in particular, through the strengthening of the offer on the main axes of the network, namely Casablanca, Rabat, Fez, Marrakech, Tangier and Oujda, as well as through the mobilization and (…)

  • Spain wants to sell its "TGV" to Morocco
    5 March 2024, by Sylvanus

    Spain wants to take an active part in the project to expand the Moroccan rail network, especially the high-speed lines. The subject was on the agenda of a meeting between Mohamed Abdeljalil, Moroccan Minister of Transport and Logistics, and his Spanish counterpart Óscar Puente, on a working visit to Rabat.
    The call for tenders launched by the National Railway Office (ONCF) to acquire 168 new trains (150 trains for inter-city services, Rapid Shuttle Trains and Metros, as well as 18 (…)

  • Morocco and Switzerland Sign Transport Cooperation Agreement, Focusing on Road Safety
    8 September 2019, by Ginette

    Closer relations between Morocco and Switzerland in the field of road and rail transport. This is the result of a working session held in Switzerland by a large Moroccan delegation led by Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water.
    It was on board a train bound for Erstfeld that the Memorandum of Understanding between Morocco and Switzerland was signed. Discussions on road safety, a key point of cooperation between the two states, took place between Abdelkader (…)

  • Morocco Aims to Boost Railway Network, Targeting Top 20 Global Ranking by 2020
    12 October 2019, by Sylvanus

    To join the club of the 20 largest rail networks in the world by 2020. This is Morocco’s ambition.
    At the opening of the 5th edition of the World Congress on Railway Training, Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, discussed the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) report.
    According to him, Morocco’s positioning on the international and regional chessboard is the best consecration.
    For him, it is clear that human capital remains the essence and (…)

  • Morocco to Invest $380 Million in High-Speed Rail Link to Casablanca Airport
    4 January 2020, by Sylvanus

    Morocco intends to connect its Al Boraq TGV to the Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca. This is one of the flagship projects on the 2020 agenda of the Ministry of Equipment and Transport.
    Morocco will invest 3.8 billion dirhams to connect the high-speed train Al Boraq to the Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca, said Abdelkader Amara, Minister of Equipment and Transport during recent field visits in the Casablanca-Settat region last week.
    He recalled that Al Boraq, (…)