The National Railways Office (ONCF) announced on Saturday that it has joined forces with the International Football Federation (FIFA) for the success of the FIFA Club World Cup MOROCCO 2022, which will take place in Morocco from 1 to 11 February, by becoming the “Supporter” of this competition.

To this end, the ONCF specifies in a press release that it will take care of the travel of the different teams, referees and official staff between the cities of Tangier and Rabat or Casablanca, making known that these connections will be ensured by regular Al Bboraq trains, but also by special Al Boraq trains to adapt to the schedule of the matches.

In addition, and to accommodate a large number of fans from different cities in the Kingdom, ONCF recalls having implemented a special transport plan from 1 to 11 February, which consists of strengthening the train offer by increasing the capacity offered for regular traffic and by scheduling special trains, as follows:

Wednesday, February 1: a special train AL Boraq departing from Tangier at 23:30.

Saturday, February 4: two special Al Boraq trains departing from Casablanca at 20:00 and from Tangier at 23:00

Tuesday February 7th: an AL Boraq train from Tangier at 11:30 pm and an Al Atlas train from Tangier to Fez at 11 pm

Wednesday February 8: a special train Al Boraq from Casablanca at 23H and a train Al Atlas to Marrakech at midnight (09/02 at 0h00)

Saturday, February 11: a special Al Boraq train from Casablanca at 11 pm and an Al Atlas train to Marrakech at midnight (12/02 at 0:00 am)

To learn more about the schedule of regular and special trains, ONCF invites its customers to anticipate these trips by informing themselves on its website and its official pages on social networks, or contact the customer relations center.

ONCF and its teams will put all their energy to make this great sporting event a global success, concludes the statement.

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The National office of railways (ONCF) is celebrating the fourth anniversary of the launch of Al Boraq, the Moroccan high speed train. On this occasion, ONCF announces that during 2022, the Moroccan high-speed train has carried 4 million passengers between Casablanca, Rabat and Tangier. A remarkable performance.

“Since its launch in 2018 by King Mohammed VI, Al Boraq has transported in four years since it began operating, a total of 10.5 million passengers,” stated Nacera Bechari, Director of the Marketing Department at ONCF, during a ceremony to celebrate this fourth anniversary, yesterday, the 17th of november, 2022, at the Rabat-Agdal station.

In 2022, the Moroccan LGV carried a total of 4 million passengers between Casablanca, Rabat and Tangiers.

Activities were organized in favor of children during this celebration in the main station of the capital, to illustrate the important contribution of railway transport in the socio-economic life of the country.

Additionally, Nacera Bechari stated that the ONCF had made the decision to give away 400 train tickets good for a whole year to the first 400 children whose parents enrolled them on a specific list at the country’s busiest stations in honor of this event.

Valid tickets for the destination of their choice, on board of Al Boraq.

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The design contract for the Marrakech-Agadir high-speed train line has just been assigned to the South Korean corporation KNR, which is in charge of the Korean national railway.

According to www.railjournal.com, the corporation in charge of the South Korean national railway, KNR (Korean National Railway), has just won the design contract for Marrakech-Agadir TGV route. “A consortium led by Korean National Railways (KNR) won a 10 billion (US$32 million) contract with ONCF to provide basic and detailed design services for the third section of the planned 230-kilometer Marrakech-Agadir high-speed line,” the newspaper reports, adding that KNR will work with Dohwa Engineering of Korea and a local partner to complete the project.

According to the same source, the Korean firm has been successful in eliminating competition from French engineering firms already involved in the Moroccan high-speed sector. It’s worth noting that this is KNR’s first contract in Africa for high-speed work. Next month, the group plans to begin work on the project. “In January, Moroccan Minister of Transport and Logistics Mohamed Abdeljalil told the House of Representatives that ONCF had completed the design studies for the Marrakech-Agadir project, which included infrastructure and construction work. The newspaper recounts civil engineering and topographical surveys.

It’s worth noting that the Marrakech-Agadir TGV Line is anticipated to cost 50 billion DH (5.08 billion USD) and that its completion is contingent on receiving the necessary funding, given that the government is open to a public-private partnership (PPP) model. Furthermore, the newspaper reports that work to modernize the existing railway line at the Kenitra-Rabat high-speed line’s terminus is already beginning, and that Morocco is considering extending the Rabat-Casablanca high-speed line. To provide a comprehensive Tangier – Agadir corridor in Marrakech. “Awarding this project was an opportunity to show the world that Korea has the technology to export high-speed rail concepts,” KNR president Kim Han-young said.

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Morocco has become the first African country to join the limited club of nations using high-speed trains (TGV), according to the American news channel CNN on Friday.

Al Boraq, which connects the port of Tangier and the city of Casablanca, was inaugurated in November 2018 and is the “first and only” TGV in Africa, according to the chain’s “Travel” department, which throws light on the relevance of TGVs in the region. Climate change is being combated on a global scale.

According to the same source, Al-Boraq, which cost over 23 billion dirhams, also holds the African record for rail speed during technical testing conducted in 2017.

This large-scale project, which is part of the LGV master plan to build a network of around 1,500 km made up of the “Atlantic” axis Tangier-Casablanca-Agadir and the “Maghrebian” axis Rabat-Fès-Oujda, takes the Tangier-Kenitra route in 50 minutes instead of 3h15 minutes, Tangier-Rabat in 1h20 minutes instead of 3h45 minutes,

As the world mobilizes to absorb environmental changes, high-speed trains remain the “most efficient and convenient” solution, especially for trips of 1,100 km, according to the article’s author, Ben Jones.

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