CASA Transport has selected subsidiaries Engie Ineo and Engie Cofely Maroc to equip the new T2 tram line and the extension of the T1 line in Casablanca, Morocco.
CASA Transport has launched a tender for a contract to operate Casablanca's expanding light rail and bus rapid transit (BRT) networks for five years from the end of 2017.
CASA Transport has awarded Yapi Merkezi, Turkey, a €83m contract to construct the 14.6km Line 2 of the Casablanca light rail network following an international tender in which four other groups participated.
CASA Transport has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €100m to supply 50 Citadis low-floor LRVs for the second light rail line in Casablanca.
CASA Transport has appointed a French consortium of Systra, CID and Arep to provide project management services for the construction of Casablanca light rail Line 2 and the second phase of Line 1.
ALSTOM has pulled out of a contract to maintain Casablanca's light rail network citing "unresolved contractual differences" with Casa Tram, the consortium appointed by Casa Transport to operate and maintain the line.
AT a meeting on July 24 Casablanca city council voted to abandon plans for a 15km elevated metro line in favour of expanding the city's light rail network.
Casablanca's inaugural light rail line, which began operations on December 12 2012, is already transforming public transport in Morocco's largest city, as Kevin Smith discovers.
KING Mohammed VI of Morocco today inaugurated Casablanca's first light rail line. The 31km line links Casablanca's eastern and southwestern suburbs with the city centre and has 48 stations.
CASABLANCA transport authority Casa Transport has awarded the contract to operate and maintain the city's first light rail line to a consortium of RATP Dev, Caisse de Dépôt et Gestion du Maroc, and Transinvest.
