2011-09-30
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Tangier on Thursday (September 29th) to join Moroccan King Mohammed VI in laying the foundation stone for Africa's first high-speed rail line, MAP reported. The Moroccan-French project for the Rabat-Casablanca-Tangier TGV line's design, construction and maintenance was initiated during Sarkozy's visit to Morocco in 2007.
The Morocco TGV, which will travel at 350 km/hour, will shorten the travel time between Casablanca and Tangier from over five hours to two hours and ten minutes. It is expected to be fully operational by 2015. It may eventually extend to Marrakech and Agadir.
"The high-speed link will be an asset for the development of the Tangier-Tetouan region, which is becoming a hub for the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM)," French Industry Minister Eric Besson said during the Tangier event.
Source: Magharebia.
Link: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2011/09/30/newsbrief-05.
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