The Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station ( ar, محطة الدار البيضاء المسافرين; french: Gare Casa-Voyageurs) is an

ONCF ONCF (from French: ''Office National des Chemins de Fer''; ar, المكتب الوطني للسكك الحديدية ''Al-Maktab al-Waṭaniy lil-Sikak al-Ḥadīdiyyah''; ''Moroccan National Railways Office'') is Morocco's national railway ope ...

(french: Office national des chemins de fer, ONCF, "Moroccan National Railway") station in the

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neighborhood of

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. The station is served by suburban and long-distance trains. It is Casablanca's principal station, the other is . It is an important hub connecting several main lines of the Moroccan railway network. The other station in the city is , but that is not on the main North-South line and offers only local connections to nearby destinations and the

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History

The station was built by the (CFM) in 1923, under the

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. It had 8 platforms. It was expanded for

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service which began November 2018. Casa-Voyageurs became the southern terminus for the high speed train. It is the largest railway hub in the country, serving direct trains within Morocco (

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) and Casablanca's

Destinations

From Casa Voyageurs direct services are available to and from: *

in Southern direction * North via

towards

* East via Rabat,

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, Taourirt to

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* shuttles to

* local trains, including at

Local transport

The station connects with Casablanca Tramway Line T1, the tram stop is in front of the station. It is served by M'dina Buses and by taxis.

References

External links

* Railway stations in Casablanca Buildings and structures in Casablanca Transport in Casablanca {{morocco-railstation-stub