History of rail transport in Morocco

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Rail transport in

standard-gauge
network was built.

First narrow-gauge lines

600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge networks in Morocco

First 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) line

The first short narrow-gauge railway in Morocco was a 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) narrow-gauge line presented to the Sultan of Morocco in 1887 by the Belgian Government to connect his palace with his Jardin l'Agdal de Meknes. With the railway came two coaches and one steam locomotive (Krauss 1744 / 1887 Ct-n2 ) delivered via F. Weidknecht, Paris. This move was done to improve the Belgian trade possibilities with the Sultan with hope to build railways in Morocco.

Narrow-gauge railways in former French Morocco

Main article: Narrow-gauge railways in former French Morocco

In 1907, the French Compagnie Marocaine established a 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) line connecting the Port of Casablanca to a quarry in Roches Noires with a Decauville engine, though it was destroyed by tribesmen of the Shawiya.[1]

The first major French-built narrow-gauge railway line in

Fes
Railway being completed, the French begun to build military 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge lines in their part of Morocco.

The 948 km

Outat Oulad el Hadj - Midelt
, which was started in 1916 and completed in 1920 - during the period of 1921 - 1925.

Railways in former Spanish Morocco

See also: Narrow-gauge railways in former Spanish Morocco

There have been

Spanish Morocco
.

A narrow-gauge railway was also constructed from

Tetuan to Ceuta in 1913–1918 by CEC (Compañía Española de Colonización). It was handed over to the state-run FCM (Ferrocarrilles de Marruecos) in 1942 and closed in the aftermath of the Moroccan independence (1956).[3]

Standard-gauge railways

Before the independence of Morocco in 1956 four standard-gauge railways were built by individual companies. In 1963 all four were merged to form the ONCF, Morocco's current national railway operator.

Railways of Morocco

Railways of Morocco (French Compagnie des chemins de fer du Maroc (CFM) ) was established in 1920 and built two railway lines:

Franco-Spanish company of Tanger-Fès

From 1919 the Franco-Spanish company of Tanger-Fès (French: Compagnie Franco-espagnole du Tanger-Fès (TF) ) started construction of the 315 km

Fes
railway, out of which 18 km were in the International zone of Tangier, 93 km in the Spanish zone and 204 km in the French zone. The railway was finished in 1927.

Railway of Eastern Morocco

Railway of Eastern Morocco (French: Compagnie du chemin de fer du Maroc oriental (CMO) ) built the Oujda - Bouarfa, Morocco railway which was completed in 1927.

Mediterranean-Niger-Railway

The

Fes was reached in 1934.[4]

See also

References

Notes

  1. OCLC 77860574
    .
  2. ^ Reference - Durrant, A.E., A.A. Jorgensen, C.P. Lewis. Steam in Africa, London, 1981, Hamlyn.
  3. ^ Railfan Europe Railway Operators in Morocco
  4. ^ "Railroads of North Africa".

Bibliography

External links
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