The National Railways Office (ONCF) has confirmed that the nation’s high-speed train, Al-Boraq, started using green energy as of January 1, 2022. This new measure will allow ONCF, in the short term, to improve the overall carbon footprint, with the equivalent of 120,000 tons of CO2 avoided each year, or 4 million trees planted.
Al-Boraq operates between Casablanca and Tangier. The first of its kind on the African continent, the high-speed service was inaugurated on November 15, 2018 by King Mohammed VI of Morocco following over a decade of planning and construction by ONCF.
The rail system was designed to cut journey times between the North African country’s economic hubs from five hours to just over two, with trains travelling at speeds of up to 320km/h.
MAP, 2 January 2022
Morocco’s high-speed train, Al Boraq, is using green energy starting January 1, 2022, the National Railways Office (ONCF) announces Sunday in a statement.
MAP, 29 March 2021
The National Office of Railways (ONCF) is organizing from March 29 to April 1st, by distance learning, the first training cycle on rolling stock for senior managers of 13 African.
Daily Maverick, 6 February 2019
Casablanca is just a four-hour flight from Lagos. But it’s a world away.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI have inaugurated a high-speed railway line that boasts the fastest journey times in Africa or the Arab world.
