Wonderful Review , As a Moroccan myself Living in Tangier Morocco , Al Boraq is saving me more than 3 hours each time I'm planning to visit Casablanca for work or pleasure , I hope the line will be stretched all the way to Marrakesh or even further to agadir it would be a life saver , Thanks again for your Honest Review
why stop at agadir, a fast train to Dakar would be a game changer, although, a train through the desert seem a bit impossible to built with the sand getting on the rails
@@Yanzdorloph Distance between Agadir and Dakar is almost 2000 kilometers. Building such a long line through sparsely populated areas without much demand is prohibitively costly for no gain.
@@Yanzdorloph that would be great if between Agadir and dakar there were other major cities with a big population, otherwise it would be economically insostenibile. In my opinion they will probably stop in laayoun (at least for while until it makes economic sense to go further)
@@freewal yes it doesn't make economic sense (currently) but it would make geopolitical sense since the south of Morocco is in a "dispute situation" with algeria, so connecting laayoun would unite Morocco more and potentially increase it's economy. (just a random observation, probably won't happen any time soon, way too expensive i think)
This goes to show that *Africa* has more progress with high speed rail in a decade than the U.S. in over 5 decades... Great review nonetheless, and I congratulate Morocco on this milestone. Egypt is planning on having their own high speed railway too in the coming years with Siemens Velaro trainsets.
US high speed rail is massive joke, both parties keep debating for years, autoindustry and oil companies keep lobbying the projects, its a total mess. Imagine debating whether or not to create things like this to make ground transportation fast LMAO Canada and Australia also need to get their acts together, they face the same lobbying issue
@@Racko. It would do you good to figure what the three countries you mention have in common that makes trains economically unattractive. But I might be asking too much judging from the tone of your letter.
USA 🇺🇸 doesn’t need a high speed rail and here’s the reason. “American railroads move more than 5,000 ton-miles of freight per person per year. That's compared to 500 ton-miles per person in Europe and less than 170 ton-miles per person in Japan. ... That means moving more freight by rail rather than truck reduces greenhouse gas emissions by up to 75%.” European rail can only carry less than half the weight vs US. US has longer distances than Europe. US is better for design for freight than passengers.
@@oneeverest7332 True, but that doesn't mean the U.S. can't have dedicated routes or tracks for passenger service to transport the millions of people throughout the nation.
@@pawelpap9 Ik what im talking about, it's because of *Geography* Places with high speed trains are usually dense, and no more than 600-800 Miles apart. Where flying is too short to fly but driving is too long to drive, thats where high speed rail is the best possible midground. Japan's Tokyo-Osaka is a good example, or France's TGV from Paris-Lyon, or Germany Frankfurt to Munich/Nurnberg, Spain, Madrid-Barcelona. Im not saying US Canada and Aus needs it across their places, thats ridiculous, they need it in places that makes sense, DC-NJ-NY-Bos has high speed rail, but it's slow and needs upgrades, that'll soon change, LAX-SF is a mess, lobbyists, politicians stealing money etc, Dallas to Houston is another, the list goes on, we dont need something like NY-LAX, thats insane. Same goes for Canada, something like Toronto to NY will makes sense, Aus: SYD-Brisbane, Melbourne, what do these three nations also have in common? Greedy autoindustries lobbying against projects like high speed rail
@@achrafsalhi6606 Witaj! Fajnie, że niezależnie od narodowości potrafimy się szanować, rozmawiać ze sobą i wymieniać się najlepszymi aspektami swoich kultur! ✊
A very special report. FIVE STARS. Great to see what Morocco is doing, a challenge to other African countries and to the whole world. Great work, Thibault.
We're proud of the progress our country has made over this last decade and I hope the rest of the african countries will follow the lead. thanks for you kind comment
@@Etupao Absolutely Congratulations are due to your country's wise decision to move ahead with this great train. And great that the fine French company Alstom provided quality equipment. Good all around. We respect you.
it's just a train, pay and you get it. if the train was made by Morocco. then it will be an other story . Don't get me wrong, I am morocain myself, I wish Morocco and all Africa countries become strong and great again like before the European invasion .
With the advent of the new year, work will be done and the Al-Buraq train will be supplied with green electricity, and after that all the railways in Morocco, and that is one of the largest solar stations in the world, namely Noor 1, 2, 3, 4 to generate clean energy
@@pawelpap9 bro you on a train channel and defending the us rail infrastructure? we all know its awful. our trains were faster in 1947, making quicker schedules across the country, and before planes we ALL had to use rail to cross the country forever. it is a viable thing
@@pawelpap9 High speed rail doesn't mean connecting new york and LA in one single journey. It means creating a series of shorter journeys ideally between 200-300 miles since that's when HSR is most effective. Interstate journeys between major cities would be very well served by HSR e.g. the northeast corridor's Acela, brightline in florida etc.
@@pawelpap9 Even having Eastern cities linked by 300 kph means having high speed. You don't have to connect NY and Seattle, no one sane (or knowledgeable about this) would ever think of such a madness
What can Europe do, or USA, look at Morocco!!! Morocco it's amazing, I am looking forward to visit that beautiful country and take a round in it's rich history culture and most of all cuisine!!! we love you Morocco! a praise from a greek guy!!!!
@@mouradinius yes we are! soon my friend, I know a lot of people from Morocco, it's not a lie that Morocco is one of the most beautiful countries in North Africa!
The ignorant are fearless, this is the result of Morocco's cooperation with France, with technical support and output from SNCF (National society of French railroads), and a fifteen year maintenance guarantee contract. I don't know what country you are from, SNCF was also involved in the construction of high-speed rail in California in the United States, but the confusion of the Americans made SNCF withdraw from the plan to this day did not succeed, please do not put the United States and continental Europe together to say things, thank you.
@@marinusapeldoorn6631 the designer of the theatre is an iraqi women named zaha hadid she passed away🙏🏼 it's a tribute to her it was a dream to be built
@@mrdonaldabuivankatrump2700 highly interesting. Now we are from trains to architecture 😌 Liked the train stations also. Pleasantly surprised by the Moroccan scenery today.
Glad to see a very modern rail line in North Africa and looking forward to more lines in more countries on the continent. Tangiers train station certainly looks fantastic too.
In Morocco, it's allowed by law to take photos and videos in public spaces but before publising content you should blurry children faces, the only restriction is inside private places where you should get permission from owner.
Congratulations from the United States to our oldest friends in the world. Seems a shame they asked you to stop filming. It’s something for Moroccans to be proud of and something the rest of the world should see as prospective tourists.
Morocco is working on a even better project right now in the south, a high speed train between the 2 biggest touristic cities Marrakech and Agadir through the high Atlas mountains , so it's more complicated than this one.
if u perhaps one day want to visit Morocco and someone tells you to stop filming simply say its my right and keep filming if he insists u can scare him away by saying i will call the police thoe if its a royal palace and actual royal guards tell you to stop filming then u should stop ( wont happen really)
The Tangier station is absolutely beautiful. So is the Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech stations. They look like airports in first world nations. Plus Morocco Mall, the hotels, highways, cultural and historical sights, airports and fleet of Royal Air Maroc, I’ve got to say I’m impressed by Morocco lately. Their football infrastructure is also amazing with the stadiums being rebuilt and the most high tech training academy for their national teams, the Mohammed VI Football Academy is European level of technology. This comes as a surprise as Morocco compared to Nigeria, Algeria, and the Congo is much less natural resource rich. Yet they have surpassed most of Africa in most metrics. Tangier Med is one of the largest ports in the world and is largest in Africa, Morocco exports 700,000 cars a year (also highest in continent) and has the largest solar power plant on earth Al Noor sun station which will connect to England via a cable and provide England with clean energy. I’ve been considering investing in Morocco lately as well. Prayers for the earthquake victims ❤️
@@UlliStein tbh most train station in the big cities of Morocco look like airports since 2018, and some ppl are not liking it, regretting the old buildings(that tbh had their charm)
Greetings from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil! Excellent video, Thibault, I really liked what you showed about the Moroccan TGV, your works are of great value and I really appreciate them. Congratulations to Morocco for this goal. As for Brazil, for over 30 years I have read in the newspapers about countless projects about a fast train between the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro that have never left the paper. Our politicians only promise, promise, promise, talk a lot and that's it. We don't even have passenger trains in our country (with the exception of only two daily trains from the private company Vale). As the world advances, Brazil is only on a promise of a development that never comes.
@@المعلومةالقانونية-د4ظ صباح الخير! شكرا على التعليق ، أنا أتفق مع رأيك. ومع ذلك ، للأسف ، ليس لدى البرازيل عقلية السكك الحديدية. يعطي بلدنا الأولوية لنقل البضائع عن طريق البر (61٪ برا و 28٪ بالسكك الحديدية) ؛ يتم نقل الركاب بالحافلات والطائرات. التكاليف باهظة. بالتأكيد شخص ما يفوز بهذا.
@@alexandresanturian1513مرحبا صديقي، على الرحب والسعا نعم صحيح حتى الرأسمالية عندما ترتبط بالسياسة يكون من الصعب ضمان اولويات المواطن على النحو الناجع خصوصا امام بلد متقدم اقتصاديا مثل البرازيل سيما كذلك ان التنقل عن طريق القطارات وفي المسافات الطويلة يوفر لك سبل الراحة من حمامات، ومطعمة وتكييف وتهوية... اكثر من الحافلات وان كان سعر التذكرة اكبر قليلا من سعر الحافلة كما انه يوفر الوقت والمجهود اعتقد ان هناك برامج ومشاريع لانجاز خطوط فائقة السرعة في البرازيل؟
@@المعلومةالقانونية-د4ظ نعم ، منذ أكثر من 30 عامًا ، كانت هناك خطط لقطار سريع بين مدينتي ساو باولو وريو دي جانيرو. حتى اليوم لم يخرجوا من الجريدة. ساستنا يعدون ، يعدون ، يعدون ، يتحدثون كثيرًا وهذا كل شيء. يقولون أن هناك "أولويات أخرى".
I am from India , I visited Morocco alone in 2009 on holiday trip. Morocco is totally westernized and it does not have Islamic influence though there is huge mosque in Casablanca. Morocco is in African continent but they are more of Europeans. I travelled from Rabat to Tangier & Rabat - Marrakesh. There was no high speed train in 2009. I spend 70% day time in Train only. Morocco has completely changed now after this high speed train. Some Morocco people asked me whether I am India or Pakistani . What I observed in Morocco in 5 days is that Morocco people love Indians very much than any other Arab county. The hospitality that I received in Train, Bus, Airport, Hotels etc. by Morocco people is unbelievable & beyond my imagination. Indian tourists can explore Morocco seriously. 100% , you will return with good memory
thank you! do you know that in 70's,80's and 90's ,alot of Moroccan knows indian cinema's stars.jeethendra,raj kapoor,shami kapoor,dharmandra,hema malini.,amitabh bachchan....all cinemas presented indian films.
You should've come in the 90s, india and indians were at an all time high in popularity in Morocco, Indian Movies, Indians songs, they were more famous than the American ones, and many Moroccans used to go to India to study or to act (few succeeded thou hhh)
There is no islam in morocco ????? Dud u really visited morocco or was it spain hhh. Mosques everywhere, 5 x a day call to prayer everywhere, people pray on street, women covered, fasting ramadan everybody u will see no one eat. Oh yeah we eat cow hhhh
@@die4race it's not a high speed rail, just high speed train, they don't exceed 160 Km/h, cause the rail isn't adapted to high speed, it's a normal rail. Concerning other project, Marrakech-Agadir is the upcoming one, then Kenitra-Casablanca, then Casablanca-Marrakech
greeting form a romanian woman in Manchester ,im passionate about trains, and this route is on my list, hopefully in 2024 /2025 thank youu for very efficient video review
I agree 100% about having a LOT more high-speed rail here in the US. We are a huge country with many, many medium to large cities that are within 200-300 miles distant from each other which are perfect opportunities for building a high-speed network linking them together. A high-speed rail network would take quite a lot of traffic off of our highways and airports since such trains are so much more convenient than driving or flying (and cheaper, and much more ecological since they run off of electricity - even if that electricity is being generated from fossil fuels).
a proverb says: some people's disasters are other's benefits It seems the beneficiaries in this case can be the air transport companies, and the traffic police ;)
Congratulations Morocco for HSR 😊 .Very excited for Shinkansen in india by the year 2025 😍. Construction also has started of bridges and modernised railway stations 😊 🇲🇦 🤝 🇮🇳 Love to Morocco people 😄
To Morocco, and Africa; Bravo! Here in Canada there's no high speed rail, and no prospect of it. There are plans for modest improvements in the Toronto - Montreal corridor. There are a couple of genuine high speed projects under way in the US, but nothing in service. That's it! North America passenger rail is backward.
Lived in Casablance in the 80s for multiple years. Cannot imagine how clean and beautiul the train/train stations are!!! Thank you VM for sharing this - will need to go back!
A minor correction, Thibault, Boraq was Muhammad's horse, on which he allegedly flew from Mecca to Jerusalem, touched down for a moment on the Temple Mount, then sprang to heaven.
@@abdelhihoal boraq came from the word al barq (thunder) because the creature was to fast like al barq (thunder) and no one know exactly what the creature is. the prophet described it like a horse with wings but it doesn't mean its a horse there's a debate about the creature
I enjoyed this review very very much!!! I was amazed by the architecture of the train stations and the clean traintracks and also the clean toilets. Wow... some European railway companies can learn a thing or two from this service... Next time I visit Morocco, I will definitely take this trip With my family. I'll bet it would be a great experience for them as well as myself!!!
So can the Peruvian. Went there two years ago. Would be great to take a a bullet train to Arequipa from Lima in 5 hours instead of 17 hours on a bus and take the bus from there the rest of the way to Colca Canyon, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, etc., Also could take a trip to Huaraz and the Cordillera Blanca National Park in the north of the country in 5 rather than 9 hours by riding up the coast to Chimbote city in little more than an hour before taking the bus to Huaraz over the Andes.
Morocco is indeed the only country in Africa (except the Republic of South Africa) that is developed enough and technologically capable of operating a functioning railway network safely and with fast trains. I have travelled on Moroccan trains myself already, which were of French standard in terms of comfort, punctuality, cleanliness and safety.
Thanks for the fantastic video - enjoyed it so much. The trains look superb - from the exterior livery to the attractive interior fabrics. The stations are outstanding too! So airy and light - the total opposite of the new long distance station built here in Melbourne about a decade ago, which is concrete heavy and dark.
@@FlorianHWave The Australia occupying Anglo Saxon regime invested money in wars to destroy other countries instead of building high speed train. What a shame!
@@FlorianHWave The Anglo Saxons pinched Americans'/Australians'/Canadians'/New Zealanders' countries, are they no racists--you are inclusive ? You want them to be ruled by the Anglo Saxons for good, do you?
@@kimduong2332 Funny how it's only racist to you when white people do it. When the Chinese occupy Xinjiang or the Jews occupy Palestine, you don't care. Also, America isn't ruled by Anglo-Saxons anymore.
The USA is so outdated when it comes to train travel. I’ve grown up using the service, and it’s miserable to get on board. This was a beautiful trip to Casablanca! Thank you so much for your videos 🌞😀
I live in the USA, I don’t want to use train. If I travel, I fly. No one wants the train here. They are used mainly for transportation. If you want to travel by train, go to poorer countries.
It's also a selection bias. The Al-Boraq is only taken by fairly well-off people in Morocco. This isn't exactly the demographic that tends to vandalise.
@@paulking5199 Sorry but you are wrong on this one. Price is around $15 which is affordable to anyone needing to do the trip. If you use any other means of transport the price would be mainly the same or even more expensive. Moroccans have done something really successful as they could maintain tickets at affordable prices without breaking the budget.
@@paulking5199 im from morocco, 1st the price is not very far from what it was before with the old trains, but the comfort were very very poor. It was 120dh against 149dh. 2, there are not many graffitis in morocco, its not in usages there, and police may be very severe against that
@@adel9870 except the price is irrelevant. The poorer demographics in Morocco have far few reasons to take a long distance trip. In general, infrastructure in Morocco is poorly maintained - I've seen that myself.
Give European rail integration a further twenty years and people in Finland will soon be able to go on holiday to Morocco all by high speed rail and almost direct. What a wonderful future. ... Meanwhile Americans will still only have their slow Amtraks that derail every two minutes.
That's a dream for me as a Moroccan living in Germany but honestly though Spain needs to play the game and let her arrogant views of Morocco go away! They are blocking the building of the Tunnel under the see since twenty years now ! It could have been a reality as we speak. Luckily after the Brexit, the UK is seriously exploring the feasibility and could give a green light to build one between Gibraltar (under UK authority) and Tangier once the financing is secured 😍😍
I really like that with the support of a French company Morocco managed to create something wonderful, and I hope they'll continue their partnership. SNCF delivered a great rail network to France and now it has to Morocco. Hope one day Italy, Spain, France and Germany will unite their rail network with more efficient schedules and eventually maybe Morocco might step in with some form of teansportation across the strait of Gibraltar. A bright future is wished for these countries 😊
Great trip Thibault, also it's great to see Duplex/Euroduplex outside Europe. Things in my mind for Morocco are many historical city, Moroccan Orange, border with Spain's exclaves, Formula E in Marrakech, and lastly something pros and cons on the southern. Next you should going to Asia, where you can try many HST and unique trains also great scenery.
Good to see your enthusiasm, but one thing I would like to help you, writing in capital letters in social networks (but also in text messages) is equivalent to shouting, however I am pleased that your country is developing better than others in the railway sector
I first went to your beautiful country in 1980, and I have loved it ever since. I often dream of the Atlas Mountains and the desert. Very glad that Morocco and her people are doing so well.
Few things. Correct listing on 25kV. Small k, cap V. In U.S. Acela first class would be vacant also. Low speed 90 mph would be pretty darn fast in U.S. on North East Regional, though at times, between Baltimore and Wilmington, we did approach 125 mph. But 190 mph, no way, Jose. I was just in Morocco arriving back in U.S. after round country tour of 9 days on Sept 6. Enjoyed it immensely. Next Amtrak trip for me Sunday October 17, Pittsburgh to Philadelphia on the Pennsylvanian. Get to finally ride the Horseshoe Curve. 😃 Thanks for this vid.
For all the talk about high speed trains, apart from the speed, I hear the quietness and smoothness are most commendable . Also thumbs up to the comfort and esthetics .
I’m a Moroccan living in the east coast of the USA and I work for the railroad company. I can confirm that America’s is a little behind in terms of rail infrastructure and also no high speed rail . They still use old tracks they call them ( historical train tracks ) with old stations again I understand where they going but the world needs improvements that run across the level of technology we have . I’m a locomotive engineer with New Jersey transit .
Best video on Al Boraq, very expert view. Congrats. You should try the mysterious James Bond train between Bouarfa and Oujda stopping in the desert (Oriental Express)
Of all the North African Berber nations, Morocco definitely has the longest history of being a stable power in the region. They briefly flirted with piracy during the colonial period but they emerged from the Second World War in a position to greatly benefit from the new Europe. And moreso now into the 21st century. Historically, Morocco has even been a very favorable country for members of religions other than Islam. It had a Jewish population exceeding I believe 300,000 before the creation of the modern day state of Israel. Though the two nations have had periods of back and forth in terms of recognition, their people enjoy very friendly relations. There are also numerous churches that exist within modern Morocco and the country is quickly moving up on the world stage but is one of the 6 Anchors of Africa, including Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. While there is certainly a trend among impoverished nations undertaking grandiose infrastructure projects, see the Indonesia high speed train that is going to spend money bulldozing through the most populous island in the world with a population greater than Russia, or the various high speed trains into western China that make no economic sense at all and function moreso as a way for the CCP to exercise direct control over the regions and internm..Er ‘re-education’ camps. Morocco certainly has put steps in place to benefit from this rail line along it major population corridor and a growing economy.
"they emerged from the Second World War in a position to greatly benefit from the new Europe." Morocco got the absolute worst deal during the decolonization era, it lost more than half it's land, that are now part of Algeria, and all of Mauretania that alone is the size of the Uk, the curse of being colonized by 2 nations, and having them cut your country in small entities for some reason, + the half of the land it controls, literally half of it is not even recognized by the EU as part of Morocco, morocco got fked pretty hard by the EU, and the united nation for decades now. but they chose not to be enemies with Europe despite all this, and giving ridiculous concretions to neighboring Europeans countries, like letting all spanish fishers fish in Moroccan coasts for few millions a year lmao, or being the gard for their southern borders, thousands of Moroccan army personnel are used for the sole purpose of protecting European borders from immigrants, imagine there was no Moroccan army...etc
Gutsu excellent answer !! Morocco has suffered a lot from colonisation as it was an empire before and they cut a lot of parts from it's and gave it to countries made after WW2 like Algeria and Mauritania . But we don't care as it's just a period of time and it will pass and Morocco is in the right way to have a nice future with a lot of development and also a lot of culture to continue the 1200 years legacy that's our grandparents made.
It’s the opposite actually. Morocco is the great loser of the post Second World War game in Africa. Losing incredible numbers of territories. And even today its Sahara is even contested by some criminal regimes. Morocco was an Empire before the colonisation. It was the cultural and political lighthouse of the region until the industrial era. Morocco like many countries has failed to industrialise the country and European countries took advantage of this.
Very good video, the catenary poles that you mention are also found in the UK on quite a few newly electrified lines. Between Bedford and Corby, Manchester and Blackpool, Walsall and Rugeley, The Gospel Oak- Barking line in London and Edinburgh - Glasgow - Dunblane
Another glorious entry issuing in the post automotive era. This era will consist of most travelers taking a train for all inter city trips. Cars will become secondary ,modes of transit, used for shopping for groceries, going to church etc.
Many of us in the USA want high speed rails too. Here is hoping. Thanks for the video. The station, the train, and the countryside look lovely. It is so exciting to see the advances in transportation that are being made all over the world
And even more prefer to fly within a fraction of time. Distance from NYC to LA is 4500km, so even if the train would all the way at 320km/h and would not stop at all (of course impossible) it would take 14h, over twice as long as flying. Then one would have to consider cost of building 4500 of rail that would withstand the speed, and add the cost of upgrading bridges and tunnels. It makes no economical sense whatever.
@@pawelpap9 The sweet spot for high speed rail is for shorter journeys than that, say Boston to Washington DC or San Francisco to Los Angeles. If you can get on a reasonably priced train from the middle of one major city and step off in the middle of another after speeding across the landscape in comfort at 200mph, instead of dealing with the hassle of airports, it's a great way to travel. If you're crossing a whole continent then sure, planes become harder for rail to compete with, though personally I'd love to cross the USA by rail.
@@pawelpap9 , if the United States can't have long distance standard steel rail HSR because of..... distance, then it can build _maglev_ (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev), which is about 50X faster than standard steel rail HSR, to cross said long distances from NYC to L.A. As somebody said upthread, all that's needed is the will to do so.
@@cephalopod7300, as I said to pawelpap9, if the United States can't have long distance standard steel rail HSR because of..... distance, then it can build _maglev_ (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev), which is about 50X faster than standard steel rail HSR, to cross said long distances between cities like New York and Los Angeles.
Just the basic TGV, locomotive at each end of 8 passenger carriages and can operate with 2 trains joined together. An effective and proven high speed train design. Outside of France it is used in Korea, Morocco, Spain and other places in Europe that connect to France.
Hopefully they can organically grow the network in the coming decades. Not mega projects but smart, sensible investment that give a maximum benefit to the people. Morocco isn't all that rich. I think Morocco is the most successful northern African country. Hope they can continue on their path - they are on the right track. Might need to make some adjustments towards education but it is a strong showing.
watching this good review makes me so happing and knowing that my country is on the right path hopfelly nothing bad happen to the progects programmed for the future
Yes the track is very clean and even in western Europe there's usually rubbish there or worse if they still have toilets which evacuate directly on to the tracks!
@@plus_2853 I´m a train traveller for several years and up to 120 hours a month (5 days a week, to get to work and back) in southern Germany. In Germany, Switzerland, France, we most certainly don´t have trains with toilets "that evacuate directly on to the tracks!", since all our trains are far to modern: Bombardier Twindexx, DB-Dostos, Stadler Flirt, Stadler Kiss, Talent 2+3, Mireo, Coradia, ICE (all of it´s variants), Pesa Link, BR 612, BR430, Desiro HC, Lint, to just name a few of those currently in service in Germany. One exception: Museal trains, mainly BR111 hauling so called "n-Wagen", but these are not very often around anymore (TRI, GFL). And even some of these old stock "n-Wagen" - many of these sold to and mainly in Service in Albania and neighbouring countries nowadays - do have actually vacuum-toilets build in (some are former cars that in cold war would have had served for the German army as a mobile hospital). And: Since this morrocan-african railroad infrastructure is fairly new opposite to western europeans tracks and many trainstations that are oftentimes over 100 years old... I think you get the point. Normally Africa is not really well known for its cleanliness around the world.
All main stations in Morocco are super clean, Morocco is becoming clean country although some places need to catch up and we still have some backward idiots that make litters . You should visit one day, it’s a special country.
I do like the Station... The train Station with the Palms and interior garden is nice. Reminds me of the "Atocha Train Station" in Madrid, Spain; only that the Atocha Station is bigger, nicer and the interior garden is much more varied and beautifully made... I don't know if they got the idea, or were inspired by the Atocha Station in Madrid, but anyhow the garden style is cool and nice, and suits very well in a north african country.
I would actually never have imagined that Morocco had such a highly developped rail transport infrastructure, or a rail transport altogether to be honest, it looks wholly public transit-oriented from this video, really inspiring and awesome, respect Morocco. Israel here, would love to visit
Morocco imports 100% of it's energy needs (oil, coal, and natural gas), that's why it invested so much in rail infrastructure to reduce imports .. for big cities we have to invest more in subways and monorails instead of trams , the car culture is growing so fast in Morocco and it's not a good thing.
the media only portrays the poorest parts of Africa. great video I would like to travel to Morroco someday. The stations were beautiful my congratulations to the designers.
So they bought the TGV. Nice. Here in Portugal we bought an Italian train which is just in my profile picture....i'ill take this moment to thank the italians for the train we have nowadays.
I couldn't believe that Marocoo has that impresive train system, it's well-equipped, efficient and modernized. It's way more than amazing to me haha. Definitely another excuse to the bucket list to get away those Maroccan lands for sure.
I am from India, I do agree we are building a HSR. Which might take another decade to complete. But, I am sure it would not have such good stations. Only few airports are in such good quality.
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Wonderful Review , As a Moroccan myself Living in Tangier Morocco , Al Boraq is saving me more than 3 hours each time I'm planning to visit Casablanca for work or pleasure , I hope the line will be stretched all the way to Marrakesh or even further to agadir it would be a life saver , Thanks again for your Honest Review
why stop at agadir, a fast train to Dakar would be a game changer, although, a train through the desert seem a bit impossible to built with the sand getting on the rails
@@Yanzdorloph Distance between Agadir and Dakar is almost 2000 kilometers. Building such a long line through sparsely populated areas without much demand is prohibitively costly for no gain.
@@Yanzdorloph that would be great if between Agadir and dakar there were other major cities with a big population, otherwise it would be economically insostenibile.
In my opinion they will probably stop in laayoun (at least for while until it makes economic sense to go further)
@@jedlen4262 further Agadir makes no sense
@@freewal yes it doesn't make economic sense (currently) but it would make geopolitical sense since the south of Morocco is in a "dispute situation" with algeria, so connecting laayoun would unite Morocco more and potentially increase it's economy.
(just a random observation, probably won't happen any time soon, way too expensive i think)
The railway stations are amazing, Morocco, what a beautiful country !
For visiting bro
Marruecos me deprime, demasiada pobreza e injusticia.
@@vitoperez Spain is a European country that has nothing to do with Europe
Don't know if we can call it a beautiful country..
70% of the land is barren & desert
@@amolairoli Not true, go educate yourself
Only been once to Morocco, many years ago. Now I really want to revisit. Excellent report: beautiful train
You are welcome anytime!
This goes to show that *Africa* has more progress with high speed rail in a decade than the U.S. in over 5 decades... Great review nonetheless, and I congratulate Morocco on this milestone. Egypt is planning on having their own high speed railway too in the coming years with Siemens Velaro trainsets.
US high speed rail is massive joke, both parties keep debating for years, autoindustry and oil companies keep lobbying the projects, its a total mess. Imagine debating whether or not to create things like this to make ground transportation fast LMAO
Canada and Australia also need to get their acts together, they face the same lobbying issue
@@Racko. It would do you good to figure what the three countries you mention have in common that makes trains economically unattractive. But I might be asking too much judging from the tone of your letter.
USA 🇺🇸 doesn’t need a high speed rail and here’s the reason. “American railroads move more than 5,000 ton-miles of freight per person per year. That's compared to 500 ton-miles per person in Europe and less than 170 ton-miles per person in Japan. ... That means moving more freight by rail rather than truck reduces greenhouse gas emissions by up to 75%.” European rail can only carry less than half the weight vs US. US has longer distances than Europe. US is better for design for freight than passengers.
@@oneeverest7332 True, but that doesn't mean the U.S. can't have dedicated routes or tracks for passenger service to transport the millions of people throughout the nation.
@@pawelpap9 Ik what im talking about, it's because of *Geography*
Places with high speed trains are usually dense, and no more than 600-800 Miles apart. Where flying is too short to fly but driving is too long to drive, thats where high speed rail is the best possible midground. Japan's Tokyo-Osaka is a good example, or France's TGV from Paris-Lyon, or Germany Frankfurt to Munich/Nurnberg, Spain, Madrid-Barcelona.
Im not saying US Canada and Aus needs it across their places, thats ridiculous, they need it in places that makes sense, DC-NJ-NY-Bos has high speed rail, but it's slow and needs upgrades, that'll soon change, LAX-SF is a mess, lobbyists, politicians stealing money etc, Dallas to Houston is another, the list goes on, we dont need something like NY-LAX, thats insane. Same goes for Canada, something like Toronto to NY will makes sense, Aus: SYD-Brisbane, Melbourne, what do these three nations also have in common? Greedy autoindustries lobbying against projects like high speed rail
Greetings for our southern brother from Africa! Your rail is amazing and i hope to see your country as fast as possible! 🤗 🇪🇺❤️🇲🇦
You're welcome bro
Jakub jesteś Polakiem?
@@achrafsalhi6606 Yes I am Polish 🇵🇱
@@JakWilk mieszkam też w polsce. cieszę się, że spotykam przyjaznych Polaków
@@achrafsalhi6606 Witaj! Fajnie, że niezależnie od narodowości potrafimy się szanować, rozmawiać ze sobą i wymieniać się najlepszymi aspektami swoich kultur! ✊
A very special report. FIVE STARS. Great to see what Morocco is doing, a challenge to other African countries and to the whole world. Great work, Thibault.
We're proud of the progress our country has made over this last decade and I hope the rest of the african countries will follow the lead. thanks for you kind comment
@@Etupao Absolutely Congratulations are due to your country's wise decision to move ahead with this great train. And great that the fine French company Alstom provided quality equipment. Good all around. We respect you.
it's just a train, pay and you get it. if the train was made by Morocco. then it will be an other story . Don't get me wrong, I am morocain myself, I wish Morocco and all Africa countries become strong and great again like before the European invasion .
With the advent of the new year, work will be done and the Al-Buraq train will be supplied with green electricity, and after that all the railways in Morocco, and that is one of the largest solar stations in the world, namely Noor 1, 2, 3, 4 to generate clean energy
@@rashsamara6382 wait the spelling is al-boraq not al-buraq
Great vid. I've always found it interesting that Morocco is so far ahead of other countries in Africa in terms of having a high speed rail network
Not only the rest of Africa but even the USA
@@AdamTheMan1993 the US has very well developed airlines which given size of the country make much more sense.
@@pawelpap9 bro you on a train channel and defending the us rail infrastructure? we all know its awful. our trains were faster in 1947, making quicker schedules across the country, and before planes we ALL had to use rail to cross the country forever. it is a viable thing
@@pawelpap9 High speed rail doesn't mean connecting new york and LA in one single journey. It means creating a series of shorter journeys ideally between 200-300 miles since that's when HSR is most effective. Interstate journeys between major cities would be very well served by HSR e.g. the northeast corridor's Acela, brightline in florida etc.
@@pawelpap9 Even having Eastern cities linked by 300 kph means having high speed. You don't have to connect NY and Seattle, no one sane (or knowledgeable about this) would ever think of such a madness
What can Europe do, or USA, look at Morocco!!! Morocco it's amazing, I am looking forward to visit that beautiful country and take a round in it's rich history culture and most of all cuisine!!! we love you Morocco! a praise from a greek guy!!!!
You welcome buddy, we are all Mediterranean
@@mouradinius yes we are! soon my friend, I know a lot of people from Morocco, it's not a lie that Morocco is one of the most beautiful countries in North Africa!
The ignorant are fearless, this is the result of Morocco's cooperation with France, with technical support and output from SNCF (National society of French railroads), and a fifteen year maintenance guarantee contract. I don't know what country you are from, SNCF was also involved in the construction of high-speed rail in California in the United States, but the confusion of the Americans made SNCF withdraw from the plan to this day did not succeed, please do not put the United States and continental Europe together to say things, thank you.
@@ChristineVfss You are right, exactly
But this was made by french company altsom
17:18 That’s the Mohammed VI tower. It would be the tallest tower in Africa once completed
What is the beautiful building at 16:59 ?
@@marinusapeldoorn6631 Grand Rabat Theatre
@@TIB1245L Thank you! Amazing building!
@@marinusapeldoorn6631 the designer of the theatre is an iraqi women named zaha hadid she passed away🙏🏼 it's a tribute to her it was a dream to be built
@@mrdonaldabuivankatrump2700 highly interesting. Now we are from trains to architecture 😌 Liked the train stations also. Pleasantly surprised by the Moroccan scenery today.
Félicitations 👏👏 aux marocains de la part du Sénégal, j'aime les marocains 😍❤️
Glad to see a very modern rail line in North Africa and looking forward to more lines in more countries on the continent. Tangiers train station certainly looks fantastic too.
Sounds like your "rescuer" is a woman who wants Morocco to be successful! Kudos to her.
In Morocco, it's allowed by law to take photos and videos in public spaces but before publising content you should blurry children faces, the only restriction is inside private places where you should get permission from owner.
Congratulations from the United States to our oldest friends in the world. Seems a shame they asked you to stop filming. It’s something for Moroccans to be proud of and something the rest of the world should see as prospective tourists.
Morocco is working on a even better project right now in the south, a high speed train between the 2 biggest touristic cities Marrakech and Agadir through the high Atlas mountains , so it's more complicated than this one.
if u perhaps one day want to visit Morocco and someone tells you to stop filming simply say its my right and keep filming if he insists u can scare him away by saying i will call the police
thoe if its a royal palace and actual royal guards tell you to stop filming then u should stop ( wont happen really)
The Tangier station is absolutely beautiful. So is the Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech stations. They look like airports in first world nations. Plus Morocco Mall, the hotels, highways, cultural and historical sights, airports and fleet of Royal Air Maroc, I’ve got to say I’m impressed by Morocco lately. Their football infrastructure is also amazing with the stadiums being rebuilt and the most high tech training academy for their national teams, the Mohammed VI Football Academy is European level of technology. This comes as a surprise as Morocco compared to Nigeria, Algeria, and the Congo is much less natural resource rich. Yet they have surpassed most of Africa in most metrics. Tangier Med is one of the largest ports in the world and is largest in Africa, Morocco exports 700,000 cars a year (also highest in continent) and has the largest solar power plant on earth Al Noor sun station which will connect to England via a cable and provide England with clean energy. I’ve been considering investing in Morocco lately as well. Prayers for the earthquake victims ❤️
Beautiful country with some major investment in transport.
And the food is great, as is the weather.
What a beautiful country!
Parabéns Marrocos 🇲🇦
Abraço desde Aveiro Portugal 🇵🇹
Our neighbours ❤
Our green & red neighbours ❤💚
Obrigado 😄
The Tanger Ville station is BEAUTIFUL!!
rabat agdal is the best and thank you❤❤🥰
Yes it looks more like an airport.
@@UlliStein tbh most train station in the big cities of Morocco look like airports since 2018, and some ppl are not liking it, regretting the old buildings(that tbh had their charm)
Greetings from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil! Excellent video, Thibault, I really liked what you showed about the Moroccan TGV, your works are of great value and I really appreciate them. Congratulations to Morocco for this goal. As for Brazil, for over 30 years I have read in the newspapers about countless projects about a fast train between the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro that have never left the paper. Our politicians only promise, promise, promise, talk a lot and that's it. We don't even have passenger trains in our country (with the exception of only two daily trains from the private company Vale). As the world advances, Brazil is only on a promise of a development that never comes.
اعتقد ان البرازيل بمساحتها الكبيرة اكثر حاجة لقطارات فائقة السرعة
@@المعلومةالقانونية-د4ظ صباح الخير! شكرا على التعليق ، أنا أتفق مع رأيك. ومع ذلك ، للأسف ، ليس لدى البرازيل عقلية السكك الحديدية. يعطي بلدنا الأولوية لنقل البضائع عن طريق البر (61٪ برا و 28٪ بالسكك الحديدية) ؛ يتم نقل الركاب بالحافلات والطائرات. التكاليف باهظة. بالتأكيد شخص ما يفوز بهذا.
@@alexandresanturian1513مرحبا صديقي، على الرحب والسعا
نعم صحيح
حتى الرأسمالية عندما ترتبط بالسياسة يكون من الصعب ضمان اولويات المواطن على النحو الناجع خصوصا امام بلد متقدم اقتصاديا مثل البرازيل
سيما كذلك ان التنقل عن طريق القطارات وفي المسافات الطويلة يوفر لك سبل الراحة من حمامات، ومطعمة وتكييف وتهوية... اكثر من الحافلات وان كان سعر التذكرة اكبر قليلا من سعر الحافلة كما انه يوفر الوقت والمجهود
اعتقد ان هناك برامج ومشاريع لانجاز خطوط فائقة السرعة في البرازيل؟
@@المعلومةالقانونية-د4ظ نعم ، منذ أكثر من 30 عامًا ، كانت هناك خطط لقطار سريع بين مدينتي ساو باولو وريو دي جانيرو. حتى اليوم لم يخرجوا من الجريدة. ساستنا يعدون ، يعدون ، يعدون ، يتحدثون كثيرًا وهذا كل شيء. يقولون أن هناك "أولويات أخرى".
You are welcome to Morrocco
I am from India , I visited Morocco alone in 2009 on holiday trip. Morocco is totally westernized and it does not have Islamic influence though there is huge mosque in Casablanca.
Morocco is in African continent but they are more of Europeans.
I travelled from Rabat to Tangier & Rabat - Marrakesh. There was no high speed train in 2009. I spend 70% day time in Train only.
Morocco has completely changed now after this high speed train.
Some Morocco people asked me whether I am India or Pakistani .
What I observed in Morocco in 5 days is that Morocco people love Indians very much than any other Arab county. The hospitality that I received in Train, Bus, Airport, Hotels etc. by Morocco people is unbelievable & beyond my imagination.
Indian tourists can explore Morocco seriously. 100% , you will return with good memory
You are welcome to Morrocco..
thank you! do you know that in 70's,80's and 90's ,alot of Moroccan knows indian cinema's stars.jeethendra,raj kapoor,shami kapoor,dharmandra,hema malini.,amitabh bachchan....all cinemas presented indian films.
You should've come in the 90s, india and indians were at an all time high in popularity in Morocco, Indian Movies, Indians songs, they were more famous than the American ones, and many Moroccans used to go to India to study or to act (few succeeded thou hhh)
Morocco is not an Arab country, brother
There is no islam in morocco ????? Dud u really visited morocco or was it spain hhh. Mosques everywhere, 5 x a day call to prayer everywhere, people pray on street, women covered, fasting ramadan everybody u will see no one eat. Oh yeah we eat cow hhhh
They already started another high speed rail network and train project between Marrakech and Agadir. Hope you'll review it once it's done ! :D
between agadir/marrakech is normal rail network , the TGV railway is between Casablanca-marrakech
@@die4race just looked it up, it is a high speed RW project
@@die4race The high speed rail is planned for Kenitra - Marrakesh -Agadir actually
@@mohamedr9938 there is already a line between Kenitra and Casablanca , what are you talking about ?
@@die4race it's not a high speed rail, just high speed train, they don't exceed 160 Km/h, cause the rail isn't adapted to high speed, it's a normal rail. Concerning other project, Marrakech-Agadir is the upcoming one, then Kenitra-Casablanca, then Casablanca-Marrakech
Very nice, clean and modern country.
Morocco is more developed than I thought, very nice country!
greeting form a romanian woman in Manchester ,im passionate about trains, and this route is on my list, hopefully in 2024 /2025
thank youu for very efficient video review
Precioso tren, las estaciones y el paisaje. Enhorabuena por un tren de tan buena calidad!!
I agree 100% about having a LOT more high-speed rail here in the US. We are a huge country with many, many medium to large cities that are within 200-300 miles distant from each other which are perfect opportunities for building a high-speed network linking them together. A high-speed rail network would take quite a lot of traffic off of our highways and airports since such trains are so much more convenient than driving or flying (and cheaper, and much more ecological since they run off of electricity - even if that electricity is being generated from fossil fuels).
I Agree
a proverb says: some people's disasters are other's benefits
It seems the beneficiaries in this case can be the air transport companies, and the traffic police ;)
@小儿无赖 Which is what I call stingy, they need to understand that ppl in the US need better transportation thats not cars
Morocco uses mainly water turbines generators to produce electricity
and it's also much easier and more intuitive than taking a plane
Am I right: The train runs since 2015? So the stations are already 6 years old? So I am double impressed how clean an modern they are. Deep respect!!
since november 2018
Yup people who come from dirty countries are used to garbage i guess. When they see something clean, they are shocked... come on.
@@reerjgiorge What?
@@reerjgiorge what a rude comment ! dude wtf ?
@@reerjgiorge wdym dirty countries? Sounds a bit rude there. Have you seen NYC subway stations lol?
تحياتي للمغرب وشعبه من مصر ومزيد من التقدم والازدهار ان شاءالله
🇲🇦❤️🇪🇬
تحية متبادلة الى مصر الكنانة
Good job Morocco👍,❤️ from india
Congratulations Morocco for HSR 😊 .Very excited for Shinkansen in india by the year 2025 😍. Construction also has started of bridges and modernised railway stations 😊
🇲🇦 🤝 🇮🇳
Love to Morocco people 😄
Hope that our project would be completed on time :-)
👏👏👏👏👏🎩🌷
Thenk you from morocco
@@anandhukb2900 Its already 2.5 years behind schedule
@@Binnyalexander mainly due to the land acquisition delays in Maharashtra ig?
WOW! I thought the high speed line was completed between Tangier and Casablanca. Thanks for setting the record straight.
I'm from Casablanca welcome to Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦♥️♥️♥️♥️
To Morocco, and Africa; Bravo! Here in Canada there's no high speed rail, and no prospect of it. There are plans for modest improvements in the Toronto - Montreal corridor. There are a couple of genuine high speed projects under way in the US, but nothing in service. That's it! North America passenger rail is backward.
Because north America including USA & Canada taking car oriented policy.
@@bimantaraadityanugrahathat’s a good thing
High speed rail doesn’t work and needs to be banned
Awesome report!!! I salute Morocco for developing the high speed train. Sorry for the problem you encountered.
Thank you Thibault.2👍👍😄😄💚💚
Lived in Casablance in the 80s for multiple years. Cannot imagine how clean and beautiul the train/train stations are!!! Thank you VM for sharing this - will need to go back!
A minor correction, Thibault, Boraq was Muhammad's horse, on which he allegedly flew from Mecca to Jerusalem, touched down for a moment on the Temple Mount, then sprang to heaven.
It also just means “Thunder”
@@o2kala649 no it doesn't, thunder is barq , not boraq
It's not 'alleged' if you know it didn't happen.
@@abdelhihoal boraq came from the word al barq (thunder) because the creature was to fast like al barq (thunder) and no one know exactly what the creature is. the prophet described it like a horse with wings but it doesn't mean its a horse there's a debate about the creature
@@truthseeker1934 alleged means that it is said somewhere. It doesn't mean whether it happened or not.
I enjoyed this review very very much!!! I was amazed by the architecture of the train stations and the clean traintracks and also the clean toilets. Wow... some European railway companies can learn a thing or two from this service...
Next time I visit Morocco, I will definitely take this trip With my family.
I'll bet it would be a great experience for them as well as myself!!!
Welcome to Morocco ! you will love it
You are welcome
You are the most welcome my friend, of sure you will love it.
So can the Peruvian. Went there two years ago. Would be great to take a a bullet train to Arequipa from Lima in 5 hours instead of 17 hours on a bus and take the bus from there the rest of the way to Colca Canyon, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, etc., Also could take a trip to Huaraz and the Cordillera Blanca National Park in the north of the country in 5 rather than 9 hours by riding up the coast to Chimbote city in little more than an hour before taking the bus to Huaraz over the Andes.
Morocco is indeed the only country in Africa (except the Republic of South Africa) that is developed enough and technologically capable of operating a functioning railway network safely and with fast trains. I have travelled on Moroccan trains myself already, which were of French standard in terms of comfort, punctuality, cleanliness and safety.
Until you meet Egypt,Kenya and Ethiopian new rail networks then discover you knew totally nothing about Africa
Little know is that Gabon has good railway line.
Thanks for the fantastic video - enjoyed it so much. The trains look superb - from the exterior livery to the attractive interior fabrics. The stations are outstanding too! So airy and light - the total opposite of the new long distance station built here in Melbourne about a decade ago, which is concrete heavy and dark.
Thanks and welcome to Morocco
Glad to see countries adopting high speed trains
It’s official. Africa is more technologically advanced in trains then all of north and South America…
...and Australia as well. But let's see, maybe Texas Central will happen soon :)
@@FlorianHWave The Australia occupying Anglo Saxon regime invested money in wars to destroy other countries instead of building high speed train. What a shame!
@@kimduong2332 Oh look, a racist!
@@FlorianHWave The Anglo Saxons pinched Americans'/Australians'/Canadians'/New Zealanders' countries, are they no racists--you are inclusive ? You want them to be ruled by the Anglo Saxons for good, do you?
@@kimduong2332 Funny how it's only racist to you when white people do it. When the Chinese occupy Xinjiang or the Jews occupy Palestine, you don't care. Also, America isn't ruled by Anglo-Saxons anymore.
Bravo Maroc!...Bravo TGV !😄😘
Merci
I'm an American living in Switzerland. Love ur channel! I renew a first class Eurail pass every 3 months. Thanks to u...I've gotta try this train!!!
The USA is so outdated when it comes to train travel. I’ve grown up using the service, and it’s miserable to get on board. This was a beautiful trip to Casablanca! Thank you so much for your videos 🌞😀
Leave US trains alone man! We get it! We ain't got special like yall!😭😭
I live in the USA, I don’t want to use train. If I travel, I fly. No one wants the train here. They are used mainly for transportation. If you want to travel by train, go to poorer countries.
@@ting2222 as semakin tertinggal 🤭🤣
Trains are not used worldwide cars the most common form of transportation in the world read a book
@@jordanmuhammad5425that’s a good thing
¡Muy buen reporte! Excelente el tren. ¡Gran sorpresa Marruecos con tren de alta velocidad! En breve le gana a Royal Air Maroc ;)
Great to see Africa achieving a piece of its massive potential ! Really cool to see and find out about Laurie NZ
thank you sir!
Yes, would love to see the US getting some high speed rails someday.
Boeing needs to set up their own HSR subsidiary too.
عاشت المملكه المغربيه 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦👍
Puts Australia to shame! And no tags or graffiti anywhere in sight, unlike here where EVERYTHING is full of ugly tags. Well done, Morocco!
It's also a selection bias. The Al-Boraq is only taken by fairly well-off people in Morocco. This isn't exactly the demographic that tends to vandalise.
@@paulking5199 Sorry but you are wrong on this one. Price is around $15 which is affordable to anyone needing to do the trip. If you use any other means of transport the price would be mainly the same or even more expensive. Moroccans have done something really successful as they could maintain tickets at affordable prices without breaking the budget.
@@mohamedomarx bullshit. that's because the people that actually need to take a train tend to be better off than those that aren't.
@@paulking5199 im from morocco, 1st the price is not very far from what it was before with the old trains, but the comfort were very very poor. It was 120dh against 149dh. 2, there are not many graffitis in morocco, its not in usages there, and police may be very severe against that
@@adel9870 except the price is irrelevant. The poorer demographics in Morocco have far few reasons to take a long distance trip. In general, infrastructure in Morocco is poorly maintained - I've seen that myself.
I'm literally shocked that Morocco has such kind of luxurious high speed bullet train ❤️❣️❤️❣️❤️
Maybe internet just entered your country
Same
Give European rail integration a further twenty years and people in Finland will soon be able to go on holiday to Morocco all by high speed rail and almost direct. What a wonderful future. ... Meanwhile Americans will still only have their slow Amtraks that derail every two minutes.
That's a dream for me as a Moroccan living in Germany but honestly though Spain needs to play the game and let her arrogant views of Morocco go away! They are blocking the building of the Tunnel under the see since twenty years now ! It could have been a reality as we speak. Luckily after the Brexit, the UK is seriously exploring the feasibility and could give a green light to build one between Gibraltar (under UK authority) and Tangier once the financing is secured 😍😍
I really like that with the support of a French company Morocco managed to create something wonderful, and I hope they'll continue their partnership. SNCF delivered a great rail network to France and now it has to Morocco. Hope one day Italy, Spain, France and Germany will unite their rail network with more efficient schedules and eventually maybe Morocco might step in with some form of teansportation across the strait of Gibraltar.
A bright future is wished for these countries 😊
Great trip Thibault, also it's great to see Duplex/Euroduplex outside Europe. Things in my mind for Morocco are many historical city, Moroccan Orange, border with Spain's exclaves, Formula E in Marrakech, and lastly something pros and cons on the southern. Next you should going to Asia, where you can try many HST and unique trains also great scenery.
Wow another train I simply have to see one day! Thank you for this video
THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO I'AM MOROCCAN AND I'AM SO HAPPY TO TEST OUR TGV "AL BORAQ" !!!
Good to see your enthusiasm, but one thing I would like to help you, writing in capital letters in social networks (but also in text messages) is equivalent to shouting, however I am pleased that your country is developing better than others in the railway sector
I first went to your beautiful country in 1980, and I have loved it ever since. I often dream of the Atlas Mountains and the desert. Very glad that Morocco and her people are doing so well.
Few things. Correct listing on 25kV. Small k, cap V. In U.S. Acela first class would be vacant also. Low speed 90 mph would be pretty darn fast in U.S. on North East Regional, though at times, between Baltimore and Wilmington, we did approach 125 mph. But 190 mph, no way, Jose. I was just in Morocco arriving back in U.S. after round country tour of 9 days on Sept 6. Enjoyed it immensely.
Next Amtrak trip for me Sunday October 17, Pittsburgh to Philadelphia on the Pennsylvanian. Get to finally ride the Horseshoe Curve. 😃
Thanks for this vid.
For all the talk about high speed trains, apart from the speed, I hear the quietness and smoothness are most commendable . Also thumbs up to the comfort and esthetics .
I’m a Moroccan living in the east coast of the USA and I work for the railroad company. I can confirm that America’s is a little behind in terms of rail infrastructure and also no high speed rail . They still use old tracks they call them ( historical train tracks ) with old stations again I understand where they going but the world needs improvements that run across the level of technology we have . I’m a locomotive engineer with New Jersey transit .
That's because our politicians are greedy parasites.
I think it is worldwide knowledge that American trains generally suck
Wow!, The station, platforms and the tracks are extremely clean. This should be implemented in our railways too.
Best video on Al Boraq, very expert view. Congrats. You should try the mysterious James Bond train between Bouarfa and Oujda stopping in the desert (Oriental Express)
In my opinion, Morocco seems to be one of the most evolved countries in Africa (Compare it to Liberia and Uganda for an example).
Of all the North African Berber nations, Morocco definitely has the longest history of being a stable power in the region. They briefly flirted with piracy during the colonial period but they emerged from the Second World War in a position to greatly benefit from the new Europe. And moreso now into the 21st century. Historically, Morocco has even been a very favorable country for members of religions other than Islam. It had a Jewish population exceeding I believe 300,000 before the creation of the modern day state of Israel. Though the two nations have had periods of back and forth in terms of recognition, their people enjoy very friendly relations. There are also numerous churches that exist within modern Morocco and the country is quickly moving up on the world stage but is one of the 6 Anchors of Africa, including Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. While there is certainly a trend among impoverished nations undertaking grandiose infrastructure projects, see the Indonesia high speed train that is going to spend money bulldozing through the most populous island in the world with a population greater than Russia, or the various high speed trains into western China that make no economic sense at all and function moreso as a way for the CCP to exercise direct control over the regions and internm..Er ‘re-education’ camps. Morocco certainly has put steps in place to benefit from this rail line along it major population corridor and a growing economy.
"they emerged from the Second World War in a position to greatly benefit from the new Europe."
Morocco got the absolute worst deal during the decolonization era, it lost more than half it's land, that are now part of Algeria, and all of Mauretania that alone is the size of the Uk, the curse of being colonized by 2 nations, and having them cut your country in small entities for some reason, + the half of the land it controls, literally half of it is not even recognized by the EU as part of Morocco, morocco got fked pretty hard by the EU, and the united nation for decades now. but they chose not to be enemies with Europe despite all this, and giving ridiculous concretions to neighboring Europeans countries, like letting all spanish fishers fish in Moroccan coasts for few millions a year lmao, or being the gard for their southern borders, thousands of Moroccan army personnel are used for the sole purpose of protecting European borders from immigrants, imagine there was no Moroccan army...etc
Gutsu excellent answer !! Morocco has suffered a lot from colonisation as it was an empire before and they cut a lot of parts from it's and gave it to countries made after WW2 like Algeria and Mauritania . But we don't care as it's just a period of time and it will pass and Morocco is in the right way to have a nice future with a lot of development and also a lot of culture to continue the 1200 years legacy that's our grandparents made.
It’s the opposite actually. Morocco is the great loser of the post Second World War game in Africa. Losing incredible numbers of territories.
And even today its Sahara is even contested by some criminal regimes. Morocco was an Empire before the colonisation. It was the cultural and political lighthouse of the region until the industrial era. Morocco like many countries has failed to industrialise the country and European countries took advantage of this.
Amazigh Blue Azul - Anti Mafia - Anti ANPD go cry little Algerian
@@mohamednejjari8159 ???? Are you a fatherless child did you even understand what he said...
I discovered the channel by chance, a beautiful report, sir, and its people are with you in Morocco
Very good video, the catenary poles that you mention are also found in the UK on quite a few newly electrified lines. Between Bedford and Corby, Manchester and Blackpool, Walsall and Rugeley, The Gospel Oak- Barking line in London and Edinburgh - Glasgow - Dunblane
Another glorious entry issuing in the post automotive era. This era will consist of most travelers taking a train for all inter city trips. Cars will become secondary ,modes of transit, used for shopping for groceries, going to church etc.
Is the best train in Morocco and Africa ❤️🇲🇦❤️
Many of us in the USA want high speed rails too. Here is hoping.
Thanks for the video. The station, the train, and the countryside look lovely. It is so exciting to see the advances in transportation that are being made all over the world
And even more prefer to fly within a fraction of time. Distance from NYC to LA is 4500km, so even if the train would all the way at 320km/h and would not stop at all (of course impossible) it would take 14h, over twice as long as flying. Then one would have to consider cost of building 4500 of rail that would withstand the speed, and add the cost of upgrading bridges and tunnels. It makes no economical sense whatever.
@@pawelpap9 The sweet spot for high speed rail is for shorter journeys than that, say Boston to Washington DC or San Francisco to Los Angeles. If you can get on a reasonably priced train from the middle of one major city and step off in the middle of another after speeding across the landscape in comfort at 200mph, instead of dealing with the hassle of airports, it's a great way to travel.
If you're crossing a whole continent then sure, planes become harder for rail to compete with, though personally I'd love to cross the USA by rail.
@@pawelpap9 , if the United States can't have long distance standard steel rail HSR because of..... distance, then it can build _maglev_ (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev), which is about 50X faster than standard steel rail HSR, to cross said long distances from NYC to L.A. As somebody said upthread, all that's needed is the will to do so.
@@cephalopod7300, as I said to pawelpap9, if the United States can't have long distance standard steel rail HSR because of..... distance, then it can build _maglev_ (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev), which is about 50X faster than standard steel rail HSR, to cross said long distances between cities like New York and Los Angeles.
So Marocco now has a train faster than the fastest train in the US. I´ll just leave it like that.
It's amazing! Those landscapes are priceless.
It was kinda interesting to hear arabic spoken using a french voice on the announcements
Just the basic TGV, locomotive at each end of 8 passenger carriages and can operate with 2 trains joined together. An effective and proven high speed train design. Outside of France it is used in Korea, Morocco, Spain and other places in Europe that connect to France.
ياربي انصرنا بنصرك و احفظنا بحفظك و ارزقنا من حيث لا نحتسب آمين يارب 🤲❤🇲🇦
Morocco !!!🤩
Hopefully they can organically grow the network in the coming decades. Not mega projects but smart, sensible investment that give a maximum benefit to the people. Morocco isn't all that rich.
I think Morocco is the most successful northern African country. Hope they can continue on their path - they are on the right track. Might need to make some adjustments towards education but it is a strong showing.
Yes definitely should invest in education and healthcare
watching this good review makes me so happing and knowing that my country is on the right path hopfelly nothing bad happen to the progects programmed for the future
lbachar bhal li gal l siyd matsowrch homa li ghaykhrjo 3la had lblad
@@AdamAzzr dommmage Ktarin hadoul nas
Yes the track is very clean and even in western Europe there's usually rubbish there or worse if they still have toilets which evacuate directly on to the tracks!
There is nearly no such trains anymore in western europe.
@@bieneulm1982 There are stop lying 🤥
@@plus_2853 I´m a train traveller for several years and up to 120 hours a month (5 days a week, to get to work and back) in southern Germany. In Germany, Switzerland, France, we most certainly don´t have trains with toilets "that evacuate directly on to the tracks!", since all our trains are far to modern: Bombardier Twindexx, DB-Dostos, Stadler Flirt, Stadler Kiss, Talent 2+3, Mireo, Coradia, ICE (all of it´s variants), Pesa Link, BR 612, BR430, Desiro HC, Lint, to just name a few of those currently in service in Germany. One exception: Museal trains, mainly BR111 hauling so called "n-Wagen", but these are not very often around anymore (TRI, GFL). And even some of these old stock "n-Wagen" - many of these sold to and mainly in Service in Albania and neighbouring countries nowadays - do have actually vacuum-toilets build in (some are former cars that in cold war would have had served for the German army as a mobile hospital). And: Since this morrocan-african railroad infrastructure is fairly new opposite to western europeans tracks and many trainstations that are oftentimes over 100 years old... I think you get the point. Normally Africa is not really well known for its cleanliness around the world.
The dirt and rubbish comes after the first few years.
Thanks mate,been waiting for this trip report from ages after u mentioned the question in ur q&a video👍🏻👍🏻 lots of love ❤️❤️
Bravo aux Maroc qui avance 🇲🇦👏🏽👏🏽
Astonishing cleanliness and wonderful views
All main stations in Morocco are super clean, Morocco is becoming clean country although some places need to catch up and we still have some backward idiots that make litters . You should visit one day, it’s a special country.
I do like the Station... The train Station with the Palms and interior garden is nice. Reminds me of the "Atocha Train Station" in Madrid, Spain; only that the Atocha Station is bigger, nicer and the interior garden is much more varied and beautifully made... I don't know if they got the idea, or were inspired by the Atocha Station in Madrid, but anyhow the garden style is cool and nice, and suits very well in a north african country.
There’s there’s almost 8 beautiful train stations in morocco almost like a mall by the way and thank u
This train should be extended all across the country its truly an experience
Good to see this review I'd seen that they were building high speed rail The finished line and stations are impressive
Thanks for the video 👍
I would actually never have imagined that Morocco had such a highly developped rail transport infrastructure, or a rail transport altogether to be honest, it looks wholly public transit-oriented from this video, really inspiring and awesome, respect Morocco. Israel here, would love to visit
Morocco imports 100% of it's energy needs (oil, coal, and natural gas), that's why it invested so much in rail infrastructure to reduce imports .. for big cities we have to invest more in subways and monorails instead of trams , the car culture is growing so fast in Morocco and it's not a good thing.
At least Morocco is a real country*
@@OnlyBangers286 why you're saying that ? 😂
@@OnlyBangers286
What are you doing here Algerian troll?
Great video sir!!! Thank you for showing us this train! Looking forward to more trains and trips by you!! Cheers!
the media only portrays the poorest parts of Africa. great video I would like to travel to Morroco someday. The stations were beautiful my congratulations to the designers.
So they bought the TGV. Nice. Here in Portugal we bought an Italian train which is just in my profile picture....i'ill take this moment to thank the italians for the train we have nowadays.
Nice Coverage.. Love from india 🇮🇳
Apna kab ayega reeee 😀
beautiful country with nice people and good food
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
I hope to visit Morocco one day very nice country 😄😉
Same
Proud to be Moroccan
french tech
One of your spotters at Casablanca :
Of all the trains in all the stations in all the cities, you wind up in mine.
😉
Too beautiful. I can't watch. Mad respect for Morocco for building this line. Good to see a country think about its future.
I couldn't believe that Marocoo has that impresive train system, it's well-equipped, efficient and modernized. It's way more than amazing to me haha. Definitely another excuse to the bucket list to get away those Maroccan lands for sure.
想不到非洲的摩洛哥也有高铁了，厉害👍
eat roaches and bats
@@reda_valle how rude!!!
@Abi San you should be ashamed of your self
I am from India, I do agree we are building a HSR. Which might take another decade to complete. But, I am sure it would not have such good stations. Only few airports are in such good quality.
Reeally enjoyed the video. Felt like I was there fir the trip Thank you.
Great job in your review, as always. Wish I was there.
مرحبًا المغرب بلد الجميع
Simply Beautiful!
I love those vintage interiors 😍😍