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12 feature The Moroccan rail network: It is comprised of about 2,200 km of standard gauge track (1,435 mm), of which 1,060 km are electrifi ed in 3 kV direct current and 600 km are double track. The maximum speed attained by trainsets is 180 km/h on certain sections. � Essaouira www.oncf.ma Safi Modern era Agadir To Laayoune Atlantic Settat Ocean Benguerir In the opening decade of this century a new Morocco emerged. Behind the magnifi cent palaces, the abandoned desert ksars and the lively souks in medinas, a modern country began to face Europe. King Mohammed VI, after acceding to the throne in 1999, encouraged the country’s modernisation. The economy has seen a period of constant growth (averaging + 5% per year) and has hardly been affected by the recent worldwide economic crisis. The State is attempting to reinforce the three pillars of the economy: agriculture, industry and services, in particular tourism. It has several objectives: improving the integration of the regions of Tangiers, in the north, and Marrakech, in the south, until now too isolated from Rabat and Casablanca, reinforcing infrastructure Rabat Ouarzazate to favour sustainable development and above all attracting tourists and foreign capital, essential to the country’s future. The deep water container and passenger port of Tanger Méditerranée, located 14 kilometres from Kenitra Spain, entered service in 2007. The same SPAIN Casablanca Cas Meknes Fes El-Jadida Marrakech Existing lines Planned line M O R O C C O Beni-Mellal Tanger Taza Mediterranean Sea Taourirt year, the new Terminal 2 at the Mohammed V-Casablanca Airport, an important regional hub serving all of West Africa, was built. The Mediterranean bypass connecting Tangiers to Saidia is being completed. The motorway from Marrakech to Agadir opened in June 2010. Work on the express way between El Jadida and Essaouira has begun. In the last few years there has been an entire series of inaugurations. The ports of Nador and Safi are being developed and fourteen regional airports renovated. Throughout the territory, cranes, cement mixers and bulldozers are busy constructing new towns, structural networks and tourist centres. Rail gathers speed Oujda Journey time Casablanca – Tangiers Rabat – Tangiers Casablanca – Marrakech Rabat – Marrakech Rabat – Fes Casablanca – Agadir Tanger – Fes Fes – Oujda The role of rail, in this context, will be decisive. Led by the Minister of Equipment and Transport and the new ONCF management team (ref. box opposite), the public authorities are investing heavily in a programme to modernise infrastructure and signalling. Between 2005 and 2009, several single track lines were doubled: Casablanca-Fes, To Oran 100 km ALGERIA 2007 2030 5h45 4h45 3h15 4h20 3h30 - 5h30 5h10 1h30 1h00 1h05 1h40 1h00 2h35 1h40 1h20
The ONCF runs ever faster In 2009, the Offi ce national des chemins de fer du Maroc transported 29.6 million passengers – twice as many as in 2002 – and 29 million tons of goods. This is the result of an 18 billion DH (€1.5 billion) fi ve-year investment programme to reinforce and modernise the network, renovate equipment and modernise stations. The operator is preparing to double the stakes under a new fi ve-year contract signed with the State to transport 50 million passengers in 2015 and as many tons of freight. 32.8 billion DH (€2.7 billion) will be allocated to launch major projects such as the LGV Tangiers- Casablanca. This policy of continuous progress, led by Mohamed Rabie Khlie, the ONCF’s Managing Director, assisted by a team of enthusiastic young managers trained at the SNCF* school, has radically changed the operator’s image in the eyes of its users (ref. interview page 17). The ONCF inventory of rolling stock: • 117 line locomotives (passenger and goods) and 72 shunting locomotives • 14 electric multiple units comprised of three single-decker cars • 24 recent double deck electric multiple units (400 seats) • 372 passenger cars • 6,040 goods wagons. Maintenance of electric traction equipment is carried out at the Casablanca workshop and diesel equipment at the Meknes workshop. The Marrakech, Oujda, Sidi Kacem, Rabat and Fes depots perform everyday maintenance. * SNCF: French national railways. Casablanca-Kenitra, Casablanca-El Jadida and Fes-Sidi-Kacem, while at the same time services were reinforced between these major cities. In the North, new services are opening up the business zone of Tangiers-Tetouan, with intermodal hubs to favour freight and improved passenger services. 45 km of track between Tangiers and Port Tanger Med now connect this vast port complex to the city’s airport and to the national rail network. The new Taourit-Nador line – 110 km and 7 stations – serves various industrial units. At the same time, electrifi cation works and the creation of 45 km of shortcuts on the Tangiers-Casablanca line have made it possible to reduce the journey time between the two cities from 5 hours 45 minutes to 4 hours 10 minutes. 24 trains each day – compared with 10 previously – provide services from Tangiers to various Moroccan cities. 80 km of track are also being planned to connect Saidia to the national network, via Nador. On mainlines, the ONCF has increased the capacity of its fl eet, with 24 double-decker electric railcars each with 400 seats. Punctuality has been improved. The operator has also built 20 new stations and renovated 40 existing stations, including those of Marrakech and Casa Voyageurs, inaugurated in 2008. This renovation enhances traditional station architecture while equally proposing modern services in ‘rail centres’, vast shopping malls which will soon be equipped with Wi-Fi. An improved marketing and sales strategy now offers through trains on certain lines and adapts frequencies to passengers’ needs. The ONCF is also offering rail passes for the young, the elderly, tourists and Moroccans living abroad. Lastly, it has chosen a yield management system introducing different prices for peak times, line frequentation, and so on… Through this very innovative policy, it is strengthening the social utility of this mode of transport whilst also encouraging greater mobility for rural populations, who used to travel only � Alstom Transport in Morocco 40 years presence, 100 employees Main rolling stock contracts: 1999: 27 electric locomotives. 2007: 20 new generation Prima electric locomotives for freight and passenger transport. First deliveries in 2010. 2007: 22 Citadis double trainsets for the Rabat-Sale tramway put into service in 2011. 2009: 74 Citadis trams for the Casablanca tramway; entry into service planned for 2012. 2010: 14 TGV Duplex trainsets for the fi rst section of the LGV Tangiers-Casablanca. Main contracts to improve the network: Modernising signalling on 800 km (Sidi El Aidi-Marrakech and Kenitra-Oujda lines) of track and at 60 stations, including Casablanca. Doubling track on the Fes-Meknes line. Partnerships signed with engineering and technical universities in Morocco to support training for rail professions: Since autumn 2010, two Moroccan engineering students have benefi tted from a 20,000 euro grant from Alstom to attend, in alternation with practical work experience on its sites, the ‘Rail Master’ programme created by the École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and the Université de Valenciennes. Projects are also in progress with the École Hassania de Travaux publics (EHTP) in Casablanca, the École Mohammadia d’ingénieurs (EMI) and the École nationale supérieure d’enseignement technique (ENSET) in Rabat. 13
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