Following the delivery of the first high speed train in June this year, ONCF received its second high speed train on Monday 7 September at the Port of Tangier Med. ONCF is acquiring 12 high speed trainsets in total to be used on Tangier-Casablanca services.

The transfer of this train to the Tangier maintenance workshop will take place in a number of special convoys carrying locomotives, coaches, carrying bogies and accessories. The assembly of all these components will begin immediately after the arrival at the workshop.

In accordance with the acquisition process of these trains, these latest coaches will undergo a series of static and dynamic tests, audits and updates. The high speed train will initially run on the existing conventional rail network and then rolled out on the high speed line before starting commercial operations.

The rest of the trains will be delivered as and when they are manufactured.

(Source: ONCF)