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ONCF:

Office National des Chemins de Fer du Maroc
ONCF Rail Route System
Reporting marks	ONCF, ONCFM
Locale	Morocco
Dates of operation	1963–present
Predecessor	Compagnie des chemins de Fer du Maroc ("CFM"); Compagnie franco-espagnole du chemin de fer de Tanger à Fès ("TF")
Track gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Length	1,907 km
Headquarters	8, rue Abderrahmane El Ghafiki, Rabat - Agdal

The platform at the Casa Voyageurs station.

ONCF train in Casablanca.

A sign detailing rail construction located just outside of Nador.

ONCF or ONCFM (in French - Office National des Chemins de Fer du Maroc, National Office for Railways of Morocco) is Morocco's national railway operator. The Office employs around 9,767 employees and has a network of 1,907 km, all 1,435 mm standard gauge. 1,003 km electrified (2006).^[1]

1 History
2 Operations
3 Planned high speed line
4 Other projects
5 Affiliations
6 External links
7 References and notes

[edit] History

The railways have been state-owned since 1963. ONCFM is now expected to be replaced by SMCF, a limited company.^[2]

[edit] Operations

ONCF operates in three main sectors:

Passenger transportation; 23.5 million passenger-journeys (2006)^[2]
Goods transportation; 35 million tonnes (2006)^[2]
including phosphates transportation.

[edit] Planned high speed line

On September 2006 ONCF proposed a high-speed rail connecting Tangier to Marrakech which will reduce the time of the journey from around 10 hours to only 2 and half hours.^[3] This service, if approved, may not be in operation until 2030. In 2007 Systra was appointed to design a 350 km/h alignment between Settat and Marrakech.^[4]

In October 2007 French company Alstom announced it would supply 18 TGV Duplex trains to ONCF in 2008. The trains will run at 320 km/h between Tanger, Rabat and Casablanca.^[5]

[edit] Other projects

Besides the high-speed link discussed above, the company is also developing other projects, including new rail links and extending the network's reach southwards of Marrakech.^[2] One of the new links currently being built is a branch line from Taourirt to Nador. Currently, this route is served only by a coach-service connecting to the main-line between Casablanca and Oujda. The new line should open in 2010 or 2011 and construction is well underway.^[2]