IRJ at Middle East Rail, Dubai: MOROCCAN National Railways (ONCF) says it is on course to open Africa’s first high-speed line in the third quarter of this year.
MOROCCAN National Railways (ONCF) has awarded a €130m contract to Alstom for the supply of 30 electric Prima locomotives following an international tender launched by ONCF in March 2017.
AS Morocco eagerly awaits the opening of its inaugural high-speed line between Casablanca and Tangiers in the summer of 2018, the country is already reaping the benefits of a new railway training provider.
THE board of Moroccan National Railways (ONCF) has set an investment budget of Dirhams 7.13bn ($US 709m) as it seeks to accommodate further growth in freight and passenger traffic and enhance the quality of its services.
THE International Union of Railways (UIC) is set to participate in seven events at this weekend’s COP22 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakech to highlight rail’s role as part of the solution to climate change.
SPEAKING at a conference on high-speed rail in Morocco on May 26-27, Mr Mohamed Rabie Khlie, director general of Moroccan National Railways (ONCF), said the 183km high-speed line under construction between Tangiers and Kenitra will open in June 2018.
A Dirhams 600m ($US 61m) project to reconstruct Rabat Agdal station was officially launched on March 7 by King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
THE board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to provide Morocco with a $US 112.3m loan, which will be used by Moroccan National Railways to construct a second track on part of the Casablanca - Marrakech line.
IRJ at the UIC High-Speed Rail World Congress, Tokyo: MOROCCAN National Railways (ONCF) has confirmed that Africa's first high-speed line will open in spring 2018, two-and-a-half years later than originally scheduled.
THE first TGV Duplex train for Morocco's inaugural high-speed line arrived in the country at the port of Tangiers on June 29.
