Al Boraq

Al Boraq
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	Tanger-Ville Railway Terminal (Tangiers); Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station (Casablanca);
Service
Type	High-speed rail
Operator(s)	ONCF
Rolling stock	Euroduplex
Ridership	2.4 million (2021)
History
Opened	15 November 2018
Technical
Line length	323 km (201 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line:; 25 kV 50 Hz AC; 3,000 V DC;
Operating speed	320 km/h (200 mph)
Route map

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 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.

It is the first phase of the country's planned 1,500-kilometre (932 mi) high-speed rail network.

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