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Morocco’s railway development towards 2030

This dossier tracks ONCF traffic targets and investment, distinguishing plans and forecasts from delivery.

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View of Rabat.
Rabat, January 2026. Archive illustration; does not show the announcement. CAPTAIN RAJU / Wikimedia Commons, CC0, resized. — CAPTAIN RAJU / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ; 31 janvier 2026, redimensionnée.

Where things stand

As of 27 October 2026, reporting describes a target of nearly 100 million passengers in 2030 and a 96 billion dirham programme.

Reported information

Benguerir: Kayouh presents a train factory project with Hyundai Rotem

Abdessamad Kayouh presented a train manufacturing project in Benguerir on 3 November 2026 during scrutiny of his ministry’s 2027 budget. La Relève and Mowatine report a 35% local integration target under the Hyundai Rotem agreement.

View of Rabat.
Rabat, January 2026. Archive illustration; does not show the announcement. CAPTAIN RAJU / Wikimedia Commons, CC0, resized. — CAPTAIN RAJU / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ; 31 janvier 2026, redimensionnée.

The project would include a maintenance joint venture and forms part of the programme to acquire 168 trains. The minister presents local manufacturing as a step serving the domestic market, with export prospects.

These announcements do not establish that the factory has been built or that trains are already being produced there. The accounts reviewed provide no verifiable production start date. They place the project within network development and rolling stock renewal, with deliveries to be phased.

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Reported information

ONCF targets nearly 100 million passengers in 2030

ONCF forecasts nearly 100 million passengers and revenue of 10 billion dirhams in 2030, according to the public report accompanying the 2027 draft budget, covered on 26 and 27 October.

Al Boraq in Tangier, February 2019. Archive photograph, SpreeTom / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
Al Boraq in Tangier, February 2019. Archive photograph, SpreeTom / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. — SpreeTom / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ — 21 février 2019, sans modification.

The railway programme totals 96 billion dirhams: 53 billion for the Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed line and associated equipment, 29 billion for 168 trains, and 14 billion for network performance and development.

The planned rolling stock includes 18 high-speed trains, 40 intercity trains and 110 regional express or rapid shuttle trains. These figures describe the programme and its targets; they do not establish that equipment has already been delivered or forecast traffic reached.

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