High-speed rail in Morocco

Line	Connecting cities	Opening date	Travel time	Top speed	Length
Kenitra-Marrakesh high-speed rail line	Kenitra · Rabat · Casablanca · Marrakesh[10]	2029	2h00[11]	320 km/h (200 mph)	430 km (267 mi)[10]

A high-speed line completing the Casablanca — Tangier corridor and extending to Marrakesh has been mostly tendered out as of April 2025 and construction is expected to begin imminently.^[12][13][14] The project was officially launched by King Mohammed VI on April 24th. With the completion of the project the cities of Tangier and Marrakesh will have travel time of 2 hours and 40 minutes, down by 2 hours. The project includes a 35 minute connection to Mohammed V International Airport from Rabat.^[15] Construction of the line is expected to be completed for an amount of 53 billion MAD. This 430 km line will be built double tracked electrified with it being designed for speeds up to 350 km/h (217 mph), although only speeds up to 320 km/h (200 mph) will be used in service.^[10] As part of the project a 3.3 km (2 mi) tunnel will be built in Rabat connecting Sale and Rabat-Agdal station.^[16]

Currently, only the lines to Agadir and Fez are in the planning or feasibility study phase. The extension to Oujda is considered part of a future expansion but is not yet under active planning or study.

Line	Connecting cities	Opening date	Travel time	Top speed	length
Marrakesh-Agadir high-speed rail line	Marrakesh · Chichaoua · Agadir[2]	TBD	1h00[17]	320 km/h (200 mph)	239 km (149 mi)[18]
Rabat-Fez high-speed rail line[19]	Rabat · Meknes · Fez	TBD	TBD	320 km/h ( 200 mph)	150[19] - 216 km (93-134 mi)[20]
Fez-Oujda high-speed rail line	Fez · Taza · Taourirt · Oujda[21]	TBD	TBD	320 km/h (200 mph)	TBD

A line from Marrakesh to Agadir is currently in the planning phase and land procurement has already begun. ONCF have also announced that the high-speed line will have a stop at Chichaoua,^[17] a small town of less than 16,000. Originally the line was meant to extend to the resort town of Essaouira. However, due to the economics of the proposed project and the difficult terrain of the area the extension plans will not be moving forward.^[22] Instead it is proposed that Essaouira and Chichaoua be connected by a 200 km/h (124 mph) service^[17] such as a inter-city train service like the Al Atlas. Currently both Agadir and Essaouira are served by bus services operated by Morocco's national bus carrier, Supratours, a subsidiary of ONCF.^[23]

A proposed high-speed rail line from Rabat to Fez via Meknes is undergoing feasibility studies.^[24] Currently there are no further studies for line extensions from Fez, however ONCF have announced the intent to build a line all the way up to Oujda connecting the cities of Taza and Taourirt along the way.^[2] The axis starting from Rabat has been dubbed the Maghreb line.^[5][6] There have also been talks of eventually expanding the line into nearby Algeria and its capital city of Algiers which would then connect to Tunis in Tunisia. This extension would cut the travel time between Casablanca and Tunis down from 48 to under 25 hours.^[25][26] The construction of the high-speed line would closely follow the current conventional rail line that stretches from Kenitra to Oujda. It is currently not know if the line to Meknes would start from Kenitra or Rabat. The route is currently served by long distance and sleeper train services.

Despite the Strait of Gibraltar being just 14 km or 9 miles wide at its narrowest point, no rail connection across it exists. Despite this, a crossing between Spain and Morocco remains a "strategic project" for both nations.^[27] The crossing would be similar to that of the Channel Tunnel linking the UK and France but would be significantly deeper. As of January 2025, Spain has contracted a company to complete a feasibility study into a project with it expected to be completed in June of the same year. The link would span from Cadiz in Spain to Tangier in Morocco.^[28]