There are around of roads (national, regional and provincial) in
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
. In addition to of
highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...
s (August 2016).
The Tangier–Casablanca high-speed rail link marks the first stage of the
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 ...
's high-speed rail master plan, pursuant to which over of new railway lines will be built by 2035. The high speed train - TGV - will have a capacity of 500 passengers and will carry 8 million passengers per year. The work on the High Speed Rail project was started in September 2011. Construction of infrastructure and delivery of railway equipment will end in 2014 and the HSR will be operational by December 2015.
Government policy
With billions of dollars committed to improving the country's infrastructure, Morocco aims to become a world player in terms of marine transport. The 2008-2012 investment plan aims to invest $16.3 billion and will contribute to major projects such as the combined port and industrial complex of the Tanger-Med and the construction of a high-speed train between Tangier and Casablanca. The plan will also improve and expand the existing highway system and expand the Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport. Morocco's transport sector is one of the kingdom's most dynamic, and will remain so for years to come. The improvements in infrastructure will boost other sectors and will also help the country in its goal of attracting 10 million tourists by 2010.
Railways
1907 km
standard gauge
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...
, 1003 km
electrified
Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and, in many contexts, the introduction of such power by changing over from an earlier power source.
The broad meaning of the term, such as in the history of technology, economic history ...
with
3 kV DC.
High speed lines
There are plans for several high-speed lines. Work by
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 ...
began in September 2011 on a first section from
Tangier
Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...
to
Kenitra
Kenitra ( ar, القُنَيْطَرَة, , , ; ber, ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ, Qniṭra; french: Kénitra) is a city in north western Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey from 1932 to 1956. It is a port on the Sebou River, Sebou river, has a popul ...
. There are plans to construct two core lines, one from
Tangier
Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...
in the north via Marrakesh to
Agadir
Agadir ( ar, أݣادير, ʾagādīr; shi, ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ) is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and south ...
in the south, and a second from
Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
on the Atlantic to
Oujda
Oujda ( ar, وجدة; ber, ⵡⵓⵊⴷⴰ, Wujda) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria. Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of northeastern Morocco and has a population of about 558,000 people. It ...
on the Algerian border. If all of these plans will be approved, the 1,500 kilometres of track may take until 2035 to complete at a cost of around 100 billion dirhams ($10 billion).
Potential speed gains are large, with travel time from Casablanca to Marrakesh down from 3 hours to 1:20, and from the capital
Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
to Tangier from 4:30 to 1:30.
The second High-Speed Rail (HSR) which is planned to be built after Tangier-Kenitra is the HSR Marrakech-Essaouira (180 km) followed by a new HSR Rabat-Meknes (130 km). The last high-speed lines will connect these two old empire cities to the Atlantique coast in less than one hour instead of two hours now.
The current high-speed line Tangier-Kenitra under construction was impacted by delays resulting from issues about land acquisitions because this operation was performed by different provincial governors, in order to avoid such delays on the next high-speed rail Marrakech-Essaouira, the national railway company ONCF was given the green light to start the land acquisition and expropriation procedure.
Other routes
A railway connecting
Nador
Nador ( Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⴷⵓⵔ) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 161,726 (2014 census).
Nador city is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a salt lagoon nam ...
to the existing network at
Taourirt was finished in 2010, after it had been under construction since 2007.
Tramways
*
Rabat-Salé tramway
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populatio ...
(2011)
*
Casablanca Tramway (2012)
Roads
As of 2006 there were around 57625 kilometres of roads (national, regional and provincial) in Morocco,
CIA World Factbook
/ref> and an additional 1808 kilometers of highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...
s (August 2016).
Principal national roads:
*National Route 1 (Morocco)
National Route 1 (N1) is a national highway of Morocco. It connects Guerguerat in the south near the border with Mauritania to Tangier on the northwest coast of Morocco.National Route 2 (Morocco)
The N2 road is a national road (''Route Nationale'') in Morocco which connects Tangier in the northwest of the country with Oujda in the Northeast.
The major N routes are toll-free roads. The roads can run through cities along the way, unlike the ...
*National Route 3 (Morocco)
The following highways are numbered 3, H-3, PRI-3, AH3, E03 and R3. For roads numbered A3, see A3 roads. For roads numbered M3, see M3. For roads numbered N3, see N3. For roads numbered 3A, see 3A.
International
* Asian Highway 3
* Europea ...
*National Route 4 (Morocco)
Route 4, or Highway 4, may refer to several highways in the following countries:
International
* AH4, Asian Highway 4
* European route E04
* European route E004
* Cairo – Cape Town Highway
Albania
* SH-4 road in Albania from Durres to Kakav ...
*National Route 5 (Morocco)
Route 5, or Highway 5, may refer to routes in the following countries:
International
* AH5, Asian Highway 5
* European route E05
* European route E005
Argentina
* National Route 5 (Argentina), National Route 5
Australia New South Wales
* ...
*National Route 6 (Morocco)
National Route 6 (N6) is a national highway of Morocco. It is one of the most important road networks linking the west of the country to the east, connecting the capital Rabat and Salé on the west coast to Maghnia, Algeria on the border. It pas ...
*National Route 7 (Morocco)
The following highways are numbered 7. For roads numbered A7, see list of A7 roads.
Route 7, or Highway 7, may refer to:
International
* Asian Highway 7
* European route E07
* European route E007
Afghanistan
* Kunduz-Khomri Highway (A7)
Al ...
*National Route 8 (Morocco)
National Route 8 (N8) is a national highway of Morocco. It is one of the most important road networks running through mid-central Morocco. It links with National Route 1 in Inezgane, a southern suburb of Agadir near the Atlantic coast to the cen ...
*National Route 9 (Morocco)
Route 9, or Highway 9, may refer to:
International
* European route E09
* European route E009
Albania
* SH-9 Road in Albania.
Argentina
* National Route 9
Australia New South Wales
* A9 (Sydney)
South Australia
*
** Port River Expre ...
*National Route 10 (Morocco)
National route 10 is fully paved from Oujda to Agadir. Especially from Oujda to Errachidia
Errachidia ( ar, الرشيدية, Berber: ⵉⵎⴻⵜⵖⴰⵔⵏ Imetɣaren) is a city in Morocco, located in the Errachidia Province, and is the c ...
*National Route 11 (Morocco) Route National ''N11'' in Morocco runs from Berrechid to Beni-Mellal.
To ease the load on this RN straight through the Atlas Mountains the Société Nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc
The Société Nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM) is Mo ...
* National Route 12 (Morocco)
*National Route 13 (Morocco)
The N13 road is a national highway (''Route nationale'') in Morocco linking Taouz near Merzouga close to the Algerian border with Azrou, Meknes and other northern locations. North of Meknes there are views of the Zerhoun Mountains and along the ...
* National Route 14 (Morocco)
* National Route 15 (Morocco)
* National Route 16 (Morocco)
Highways
*Rabat Ring Road
The Rabat Ring Road or Rabat Bypass (official name ''Rocade de contournement de Rabat'') is a Moroccan expressway around the capital Rabat.ADM with project details on thRabat Ringroad, (French), visited 17 March 2012
Background
The road is cons ...
(42 km)
* A1 Casablanca-Rabat (86 km)
* A1 Casablanca–Safi (255 km)
* A2 Rabat-Fes (190 km)
* A2 Fes-Oujda (306 km)
* A3 Casablanca-Marrakesh (220 km)
* A3 extension to Agadir (233 km)
* A4 Berrechid-Benni Mellal (172 km)
* A5 Rabat-Tangier Med (308 km)
* A7 Tetouan-Fnideq (28 km)
Major airports
*Agadir -- Agadir–Al Massira Airport
Agadir – Al Massira Airport ( ar, مطار المسيرة, Matar al-Maseera; french: Aéroport Al Massira; ) is an international airport serving Agadir, a major city in southwest Morocco and the capital of Souss-Massa region. The airport is lo ...
: (AGA) Flights to most major European cities.
*Al Hoceima -- Cherif Al Idrissi Airport
Cherif Al Idrissi Airport ( ar, مطار الشريف الإدريسي) is an airport serving Al Hoceima, Morocco. It is the second-busiest airport in the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region of northern Morocco. The airport is named after the 12th c ...
: (AHU) Flights to Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, Charleroi
Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. , Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
and Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
*Casablanca -- Mohammed V International Airport
Mohammed V International Airport, ; ber, ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⴰⴳⵔⵖⵍⴰⵏ ⵎⵓⵃⵎⵎⴷ ⵡⵙ5; french: Aéroport International de Mohammed V is an international airport serving Casablanca, Morocco. Located in Nouaceur Province ...
: (CMN) Arrivals and departures to worldwide destinations.
*Fez -- Fes–Saïss Airport: (FEZ) Flights to Europe and Casablanca
*Laayoune -- Hassan I Airport
Hassan I Airport ( ar, مطار الحسن الأول, es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional de El Aaiún – Hassan I, french: Aéroport international Laâyoune – Hassan Ier ) is an airport serving Laayoune, the largest city in Western Saha ...
: (EUN) Flights to Agadir, Casablanca, Dakhla and Las Palmas.
*Marrakech -- Marrakesh Menara Airport
Marrakesh Menara Airport ( ber, ⴰⵣⴰⴳⵯⵣ ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ ⵎⵉⵏⴰⵕⴰ, french: link=no, Aéroport Marrakech Ménara, ar, مطار مراكش المنارة, ) is an international airport serving Marrakesh,[Nador International Airport
Nador International Airport ( ber, Anafag en Ennaḍor Aɛarwi, italic=yes; ar, مطار الناظور العروي), , is an international airport serving Nador, A paid car-park area is directly outside terminal, mainly used to bring passenge ...]
: (NDR) Flights to Amsterdam, Brussels, Casablanca, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Paris.
*Oujda -- Angads Airport
Oujda Angads Airport () is an airport serving Oujda, a city in the Oriental region in Morocco. it is located about north of Oujda and about northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.
History
During World War II, the airport was use ...
: (OUD) Flights to Amsterdam, Casablanca, Marseille and Paris.
*Ouarzazate -- Ouarzazate Airport: (OZZ) Flights to Casablanca and Paris.
*Rabat -- Rabat–Salé Airport
Salé Airport or Rabat–Salé Airport is an international airport located in the city of Salé, also serving Rabat, the capital city of Morocco and of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region. It is a joint use public and military airport, also hostin ...
: (RBA) Flights to Paris and Tripoli.
*Tangier -- Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Tanger-Ibn Battouta, ar, مطار طنجة ابن بطوطة) is an international airport serving Tangier (''Tanger'' in French), the capital city of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima regi ...
: (TNG) Flights all major international airports in Western Europe
National airlines
* Air Arabia Maroc
Air Arabia Maroc ( ar, العربية للطيران المغرب) is a Moroccan low-cost airline, set up as a joint venture between various Moroccan investors and Air Arabia. Its head office is located in the Arrivals Terminal of Mohammed V In ...
* Royal Air Maroc
Royal Air Maroc (; ar, الخطوط الملكية المغربية, , literally ''Royal Moroccan Lines'' or ''Royal Moroccan Airlines''; ber, ⴰⵎⵓⵏⵉ ⴰⵢⵍⴰⵍ ⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ, ''Amuni Aylal Age ...
* Royal Air Maroc Express
Royal Air Maroc Express is a regional airline and 100% subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc based in Casablanca, Morocco. The carrier operates scheduled domestic services and scheduled regional flights to mainland Spain, the Canary Islands, Gibraltar ...
Merchant marine
total: 35 ships ( or over) by type:
*cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usu ...
3,
*chemical tanker
A chemical tanker is a type of tanker ship designed to transport chemicals in bulk. As defined in MARPOL Annex II, chemical tanker means a ship constructed or adapted for carrying in bulk any liquid product listed in chapter 17 of the Internat ...
6,
*container ship
A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. Container ships are a common means of commercial intermodal ...
8,
*passenger/cargo ship
A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usu ...
12,
*petroleum tanker
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined cru ...
1,
* refrigerated cargo ship 1,
*roll-on/roll-off
Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...
4
Foreign-owned: 14 (France 13, Germany 1) (2007)
*Registered in other countries: 4 (Gibraltar
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Maritime companies
* Acciona Trasmediterránea
Acciona, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational conglomerate dedicated to the development and management of infrastructure (construction, water, industrial and services) and renewable energy. The company, via subsidiary Acciona Energy, produces 21 te ...
* Baleària
Baleària is the trading name for the Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolíneas Marítimas S.A. The company operates passenger ferry services in the Mediterranean and Caribbean.
Routes
In the Mediterranean region, Baleària operates dom ...
* Comanav
* Comarit
Comarit (Compagnie Maritime Maroco-Norvegiènne) was a Moroccan ferry operator. Comarit operated a freight and passenger ferry service between Morocco and Spain, France and Italy from 1984 to 2012. It was based in Tangier, one of the main points o ...
* FerriMaroc
FerriMaroc was a Moroccan ferry company which started services between Nador Port in Morocco and the Port of Almeria in Spain. Since 2010 the company has been part of the Spanish operator Acciona Trasmediterránea.The Ferry site oFerriMaroc visit ...
* FRS Iberia
* Grandi Navi Veloci
Grandi Navi Veloci (''GNV'') is an Italian shipping company, based in Genoa, that operates ferry, ferries between mainland Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, France, Albania, Morocco and Tunisia. It was established by Aldo Grimaldi in 1992.
History
GN ...
* Grimaldi Lines
The Grimaldi Group is a private shipping company owned by the Grimaldi family (Emanuele Grimaldand based in Naples, Italy. Grimaldi operates a large fleet of ro-ro, ro-ro/multipurpose, con-ro multipurpose, PCTC (Pure Car and Truck Carrier), ro ...
* International Maritime Transport Corporation
* Naviera Armas
Naviera Armas is a Spanish company, founded in the 1940s, which operates a number of ferry services in Spain. The company mainly operates in the Canary Islands, with additional routes connecting the Canary Islands and the north African coast t ...
Intercity bus companies
Bus service in Morocco offers access almost to every corner of the country. There's a big choice of carriers at bus stations, among them:
* CTM
* Supratours
Sports car
* Laraki
References
External links
UN Map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Transport In Morocco