The Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station (Arabic: محطة الدار البيضاء المسافرين; French: Gare Casa-Voyageurs) is an ONCF (French: Office national des chemins de fer, "Moroccan National Railway") station in the Belvedere neighborhood of Casablanca.
Casa-Voyageurs محطة الدار البيضاء المسافرين | ||||||||||||||||
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 Casa-Voyageurs with the 2018 expansion on the left and the 1923 building on the right | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Casablanca Morocco | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°35′22.4″N 7°35′27″W / 33.589556°N 7.59083°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Kingdom of Morocco | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | ONCF | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Casablanca Tramway Line T1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1923 | |||||||||||||||
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The station is served by suburban and long-distance trains. It is Casablanca's principal station, the other is Casa-Port. It is an important hub connecting several main lines of the Moroccan railway network.
The other station in the city is Casa-Port, but that is not on the main North-South line and offers only local connections to nearby destinations and the Mohammed V International Airport.
History edit
The station was built by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Maroc (CFM) in 1923, under the French protectorate of Morocco. It had 8 platforms.
It was expanded for Al Boraq service which began November 2018. Casa-Voyageurs became the southern terminus for the high speed train.[1]
It is the largest railway hub in the country, serving direct trains within Morocco (Aïn Sebaâ, Fes, Khouribga, Marrakech, Rabat, Tangier) and Casablanca's Mohammed V International Airport.
Destinations edit
From Casa Voyageurs direct services are available to and from:
Local transport edit
The station connects with Casablanca Tramway Line T1, the tram stop is in front of the station. It is served by M'dina Buses and by taxis.
References edit
- ^ "Projet LGV Tanger-Casablanca : Une concrétisation de la politique des grands chantiers" [Tangier-Casablanca LGV Project: policy implementation on major projects]. www.entreprendre.ma (in French). Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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