Tanger Ville Railway Station, Tangier, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco

Tanger Ville Railway Station, Tangier, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Morocco

ONCF, Morocco’s national railway operator, opened Tanger Ville in 2003. Tanger Morora Station was the original end of the line, but since Tanger Ville Station has been created it has taken over this role and is now the closest station to the city center. There are numerous trains coming through Tanger Ville every day, so you won’t have to wait long to catch yours.

Since September 2006 ONCF has been working on another large project in an attempt to keep up with the ongoing changes that are taking place with train stations all over the world. The project puts forward a proposition to create a high-speed rail. The high-speed rail is one of the first of its kind in Morocco and will connect, in the beginning, Tangier to Marrakech.

At the moment all passengers traveling on trains from Tangier to Marrakech have to endure a long ten-hour trip before they reach their destination. With the proposed high-speed rail passengers will be able to enjoy a two and a half hour train trip. This will reduce the train trip by seven and a half hours! Once the proposal has been approved it will probably only start operating by 2030.

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