Six stations for 480 million dirhams: the LGV project transforms the Kénitra–Casablanca corridor

The new call for tenders was published on Thursday, 17 September, by the National Railway Office. It covers the construction of the stations at Sidi Taibi, Sidi Bouknadel, Sidi Abdellah, Salé Tabriquet, Aïn Atiq and Zenata Ville Nouvelle.

The estimated cost of the work amounts to 480 million dirhams. Interested companies have until 29 October at 9 a.m. to submit their bids, mandatorily online, according to the notice published on the Moroccan public procurement portal.

These six projects are grouped into a single contract. The bidding company must provide a provisional guarantee of six million dirhams, and no alternative to the basic project will be accepted.

The operation accompanies the project that is expected to reduce the journey between Kénitra and Marrakech to approximately two and a half hours. Above all, it shows that railway investments are no longer limited to laying tracks and major technical facilities: infrastructure intended for passengers is now also being included in the planning.

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The distribution of the stations is also significant. Five are located along the Kénitra–Rabat–Témara corridor, while Zenata Ville Nouvelle extends the system toward northern Casablanca. ONCF is thus preparing several service points in areas experiencing strong population growth, beyond the major existing central stations.

Six stations linked to the LGV, but not six announced Al Boraq stops

The official title explicitly links the work to the Kénitra–Marrakech high-speed line. However, it does not specify that all six stations will be directly served by Al Boraq trains.

The LGV project is leading to a broader reorganization of the railway network along the Atlantic corridor. Some of these facilities may therefore accommodate regional or metropolitan services benefiting from the newly available capacity and the improvements made around the high-speed line.

The contract concerns work classified under reinforced-concrete structures, steel structures, masonry, as well as prestressed or post-tensioned concrete structures. The notice does not yet provide the execution schedule or the commissioning date for each station.

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This new call for tenders complements the contracts already launched for the tracks, structures, maintenance centers and the electrical supply for the future section toward Marrakech. Three substations are notably to be connected to the grid in Benslimane, Settat and Benguerir.

With these six stations, the project is now beginning to take on a form that will be directly visible to future passengers. The line is not only intended to shorten travel time to Marrakech: it is also reshaping the organization of services between Kénitra, Rabat, Témara and northern Casablanca.