emieres in Casablanca
information displays in French and Arabic also aid passenger experience.
Line 1
The line itself crosses the city from east to west and serves 48 stations, from its eastern terminus at Ennassim in Sidi Moumen to western termini at Facultés on the El Jadida Road and Ain Diab which is close to the seafront. Stations are on average 600m apart and the line takes in a number of the city’s major points of interest including the hospital, mainline station, university and numerous schools. A consortium led by Systra and comprising Systra Morocco and CID won an international tender in June 2009 to carry out detailed design and to manage construction of the line. Systra subsequently oversaw the award of 50 contracts for the Dirhams 5.9bn ($US 693.9m) project which came in Dirhams 500m under budget. The government agreed to provide equity of Dirhams 4bn directly to Casa Transport to fund the line, and guaranteed loans taken out to meet the remainder of the costs. Infrastructure construction was completed on schedule in October with rolling stock testing, which was overseen by Paris Transport Authority’s (RATP) development arm, commencing in January 2012 on a completed section close to the depot. This was extended to a shadow service on the entire route from October in the run up to the official opening. Casa Tram, a consortium headed by
RATP Dev, and consisting of the Moroccan Deposit and Management Fund (CDG) and holding company Transinvest, is responsible for operating and maintaining the line having secured a É90m five-year contract in July 2012. Casa Tram subsequently out-sourced maintenance at the Sidi Moumen depot close to the line’s eastern terminus to Alstom. Here 40 Alstom employees conduct preventative and corrective maintenance, while the depot is also the location for the line’s Central Command Centre (PCC) where operators manage
tram movements, regulate traffic, monitor stations and facilities, and adjust energy usage when required. Alstom was also awarded signalling and electrification contracts worth É11m in December 2010. The line is electrified at 750V dc while the signalling system provides 75% priority for LRVs at road junctions. RATP developed the timetable and operating procedures for the line. LRVs operate at an average speed of 18.8km/h, providing a journey time of 63 minutes from Ennassim to Facultés and 69 minutes from Ennassim to Ain Diab. Headways of 4min 45s at peak hours, and 8min 30s at other times are offered, with the line open from 05.30 to 23.30 daily. A fixed price of Dirhams 6 is set for tickets in central Casablanca, with parking charges in the city due to rise to encourage more people to use the tram. Constructing the line provided Casa
Transport with an opportunity to rehabilitate streetscapes and improve road traffic flow. On some sections trams are operating on new central reservations which are flanked either side by improved roads and widened pavements. New traffic signals have also been installed while 90 crossroads have been remodelled. In addition, 2000 new street lights have been introduced
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Casablanca Atlantic Ocean
Ain Sebaa Sidi
Boulevard de la Corniche
Ain Diab
Mohamed Zerklouni
Medina Line 2 Hospital
Grand Theatre
Oasis Lissafa Sbata Facultés to airport Technopark N
Mers Sultan
Light Rail Sidi Outhman 0 km 2 Metro
Line open Planned lines
Planned line Railway
Existing ONCF lines Planned RER line
27 New Sidi Moumen Port
United Nations
Main Station Achouhada Bernoussi Ennassim
and 4000 trees have been planted along the length of the line to improve aesthetics.
Further plans
Building a single tram line is just the start of plans to ease Casablanca’s chronic congestion. A 2004 study found that public transport accounted for just 13% of all travel in the city, and without a genuine improvement in this sector, this modal share was expected to fall to 11% in 2019. As a result plans to build a Dirhams 45bn network of four light rail lines, an elevated metro and a cross-city RER- style commuter rail line are currently under development. The foundation for these lines is Casablanca’s Urban Plan Mobility Study which was made public in 2007 and suggested building a 157km public transport network which was projected to increase public transport usage to 21% by 2030 by providing new connections to the city’s high-density population areas.
Following the completion of Line 1, the next project to proceed is the 15km elevated metro line. Preliminary studies for the line were completed by Egis and Systra in December 2012 and fundraising is said to be underway. The line will run
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