Al Boraq: Africa’s First High-Speed Train, a Symbol of Performance and Sustainable Commitment
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Al Boraq: Africa’s First High-Speed Train
Launched by His Majesty King Mohammed VI in November 2018, Al Boraq stands as a symbol of performance and commitment to sustainable mobility with a significant socio-economic impact.
With its numerous positive outcomes, this high-speed train has proven to be an innovative solution and a natural choice to invigorate the national transport system, enhance multimodality, and protect the environment.
Operating on clean energy, Al Boraq plays a central role in strengthening national economic integration. By connecting Casablanca to Tangier in record time, it links two vital centers of the Moroccan economy.
On one side is Casablanca, the true industrial and financial hub of the Kingdom. On the other is Tangier, which has rapidly evolved into a leading industrial platform, especially due to the Tanger Med port complex, establishing itself as a strategic gateway to Europe.
By facilitating the movement of people (projected at 5.5 million travelers in 2024) between these two metropolises, Al Boraq stimulates economic synergies, attracts investments, and enhances Morocco’s appeal as a bridge between Africa and Europe. This fast and modern rail link embodies a new era of connectivity and balanced regional development.
Since its inception, the Al Boraq train connecting Tangier to Casablanca has significantly improved rail services, offering greater comfort and safety for passengers.
The new Kénitra-Marrakech high-speed line continues the development of the Kingdom’s rail network and establishes itself as the most efficient and sustainable mode of transport for medium and long distances.
This project will also relieve capacity on the existing conventional line, promoting the development of suburban trains in the metropolitan areas of Rabat, Casablanca, and Marrakech.
Through such structural projects, Morocco, under the leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, aims to strengthen and modernize its railway network in response to the challenges of 2030, thereby accelerating the country’s economic development and enhancing exchanges with the rest of the continent.
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