Moroccan high-speed railway line

Construction of the Tangier-Kenitra section, as part of the master plan for the Moroccan high-speed railway (1,500 km of dedicated tracks by 2035), intended to provide a solution to the steady growth of passenger traffic, support the development of a new economic hub in Tangier, improve rail traffic flow between Tangier and Casablanca.

Morocco

LGV Morocco Tanger-Kenitra : Railway engineering expertise

Services provided

  • Management of the design-build consortium responsible for the overhead line power supply facilities and substation control centre (“IAC” and “CSS” contract).
  • Project management.
  • Design and construction engineering, purchasing, transport, works, testing, final documentation, interim operation and participation in integration testing.
  • Specific operational safety engineering services.

Technical details

  • 183 km of new double-track line.
  •  2 electricity substations (225 kV/2×25 kV) with four 40 MVA transformers.
  • 11 feeder substations (2×25 kV) with 13x 10 MVA autotransformers.
  • Increased capacity of the 3 kV electricity substation in Mghogha.
  • Power supply for the Tangier maintenance workshop.
  • Civil engineering and associated buildings.
  • Instrumentation and control equipment.
  • Substation control centre at Rabat Agdal train station for supervision of the electric traction fixed installations.

Strengths

  • Design-build.
  • First high-speed railway line in Africa, with French funding.

Date 2017
Client ONCF

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Railway electrification