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Al Boraq

Al Boraq

Al Boraq (Arabic: البُراق, romanized: al-burāq) 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 travel 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.

It is the first phase of the country's planned 1,500-kilometre (900 mi) high-speed rail network.