| Al Boraq | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
 An ONCF Al Boraq Alstom RGV2N2 high-speed trainset at the Tanger-Ville railway station, November 2018 | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | البُراق | ||
| Status | Active | ||
| Owner | Morocco | ||
| Locale | Morocco | ||
| Termini |
| ||
| Service | |||
| Type | High-speed rail | ||
| Operator(s) | ONCF | ||
| Rolling stock | Euroduplex | ||
| Ridership | > 5 million (2023)[1] | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 15 November 2018[2] | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 350 km (220 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | |||
| Operating speed | 320 km/h (200 mph) | ||
| |||
Al Boraq (Arabic: البُراق, romanized: al-burāq)[3] is a 323-kilometre (201 mi) high-speed rail service between Casablanca and Tangier in Morocco. The first of its kind on the African continent, it opened on 15 November 2018 after a decade of planning and construction by ONCF, Morocco's national railway company.
On the 186 km (116 mi) section from Tangier to Kenitra, trains run on a dedicated high-speed line and travels up to 320 km/h (199 mph). For the final 137 km (85 mi), trains run on an upgraded mainline from Kenitra through Rabat and Morocco’s most populous corridor to Casablanca.[4]
It is the first phase of the country's planned 1,500-kilometre (932 mi) high-speed rail network.[5]
- ^ Smith, Kevin (7 March 2024). "ONCF ridership and revenue up in 2023". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "'Africa's fastest train' steams ahead in Morocco". Al Jazeera. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "صاحب الجلالة الملك محمد السادس يتفضل ويطلق إسم "البراق" على القطار المغربي الفائق السرعة". Maroc.ma (in Arabic). 12 July 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "TrainReview's guide to Morocco's Al-Boraq high speed train". Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
irjwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).