This is the train made famous by the 1969 Crosby, Stills and Nash song "Marrakesh Express". You complained about the stuffyness, but back then (according the song) they were still transporting livestock on the train as well, so it could've been much worse.
The weird design of these Corails might come from the fact that these were originally seating carriages, which were later rebuild into couchettes and sleepers. Although it is a shame that their condition is not that great compared to the Al Boraq trains and the main stations, they are supposed to be replaced by up to 40 new intercity EMUs by 2030 as part of a larger tender for up to 150 EMUs for intercity, regional and suburban traffic. The tender is apparently still open with applicants being Alstom, CAF, CRRC and Hyundai Rotem. I couldn't find out if these include sleeping compartments, but they should still provide an improvement compared to the current trainsets.
I once went on a night train in Egypt, and even there the dirtyness of the train's toilet was less horrid than this one. No matter the charm of these countries, good hygiene barely exists in northern Africa.
Hmmm... had an idea to take the same train northbound, after arriving in Marakesh from Casablanca on a day train....finishing up back in Casablanca on a high speed train from Tangier
If a train is so dirty it actively impedes with your ability to sleep onboard (the whole point of a sleeper train) then I think you're more than valid to tell people not to ride on it. Being "less wealthy" is NOT an excuse to be lazy and not clean a damn train. They clearly have modern and clean-looking infrastructure anyway so what does wealth have to do with the state of cleanliness.
And you can be sure, there is cleaning crews, they probably lazy mofo doing the bare minimum and that the company barely enforce their rules. Trust me, i work for a national company, i was cleaner then now manager, if it was like that not even a decade ago in western european countries, it's most likely the case in north africa still.
Simon, you need to stop, take breather and rethink what you really want to do for the world. Because I can tell you constantly trying out "bad" experiences is not promoting railway development, period. Videos like this is actively turning people away. Is that really what you want to do?
Please don't turn your channel into Nonstop Dan where you have a rich Westerner shitting on transportation options in less wealthy countries. Your video title is HORRIBLE.
If a train is so dirty it actively impedes with your ability to sleep onboard (the whole point of a sleeper train) then I think he's more than valid to tell people not to ride on it. Being "less wealthy" is NOT an excuse to be lazy and not clean a damn train. They clearly have modern and clean-looking infrastructure anyway so what does wealth have to do with the state of cleanliness.
I don't see how this is "shitting on less wealthy countries". This is dirty BY MOROCCAN STANDARDS, even compared to most standard Al Atlas trains. This isn't something that just "rich westerners" would complain about, this is bad even to the locals
Lmao what kind of racist bullshit statement is that, are you implying moroccans are dirty ? Nah, it's just a problem of management/cleaning crew being a lazy circusfest.
It's shabby, but he's definitely exaggerating about how "dirty" it is. In another video. Simon also made a really prejorative comment about Morocco that also rubbed me the wrong way. Another commenter on here said they took the same train and slept fine. This is definitely among the oldest of ONCF's fleet, but I've seen equally shabby trains in Europe and North America. I mostly enjoy his content, so I hope he can avoid this sort of Seth Binkley/Nonstop Dan entitled Westerner whinefest in the future. There's a certain very distasteful genre of travel vlogger that visits developing countries only to complain incessantly about their infrastructure.
Took the same train just opossite direction. Had really good sleep there. All felt like grandma cozy room😂
This is the train made famous by the 1969 Crosby, Stills and Nash song "Marrakesh Express". You complained about the stuffyness, but back then (according the song) they were still transporting livestock on the train as well, so it could've been much worse.
The weird design of these Corails might come from the fact that these were originally seating carriages, which were later rebuild into couchettes and sleepers. Although it is a shame that their condition is not that great compared to the Al Boraq trains and the main stations, they are supposed to be replaced by up to 40 new intercity EMUs by 2030 as part of a larger tender for up to 150 EMUs for intercity, regional and suburban traffic. The tender is apparently still open with applicants being Alstom, CAF, CRRC and Hyundai Rotem. I couldn't find out if these include sleeping compartments, but they should still provide an improvement compared to the current trainsets.
I got a chuckle out of the wallpaper
I once went on a night train in Egypt, and even there the dirtyness of the train's toilet was less horrid than this one. No matter the charm of these countries, good hygiene barely exists in northern Africa.
Hmmm... had an idea to take the same train northbound, after arriving in Marakesh from Casablanca on a day train....finishing up back in Casablanca on a high speed train from Tangier
No dining car? Good video.
NICE VIDEO🔥🔥!
If a train is so dirty it actively impedes with your ability to sleep onboard (the whole point of a sleeper train) then I think you're more than valid to tell people not to ride on it. Being "less wealthy" is NOT an excuse to be lazy and not clean a damn train. They clearly have modern and clean-looking infrastructure anyway so what does wealth have to do with the state of cleanliness.
And you can be sure, there is cleaning crews, they probably lazy mofo doing the bare minimum and that the company barely enforce their rules.
Trust me, i work for a national company, i was cleaner then now manager, if it was like that not even a decade ago in western european countries, it's most likely the case in north africa still.
Clean your laptop, it's filthy
Simon, you need to stop, take breather and rethink what you really want to do for the world. Because I can tell you constantly trying out "bad" experiences is not promoting railway development, period. Videos like this is actively turning people away. Is that really what you want to do?
Please don't turn your channel into Nonstop Dan where you have a rich Westerner shitting on transportation options in less wealthy countries. Your video title is HORRIBLE.
If a train is so dirty it actively impedes with your ability to sleep onboard (the whole point of a sleeper train) then I think he's more than valid to tell people not to ride on it. Being "less wealthy" is NOT an excuse to be lazy and not clean a damn train. They clearly have modern and clean-looking infrastructure anyway so what does wealth have to do with the state of cleanliness.
I don't see how this is "shitting on less wealthy countries". This is dirty BY MOROCCAN STANDARDS, even compared to most standard Al Atlas trains. This isn't something that just "rich westerners" would complain about, this is bad even to the locals
Lmao what kind of racist bullshit statement is that, are you implying moroccans are dirty ?
Nah, it's just a problem of management/cleaning crew being a lazy circusfest.
It's shabby, but he's definitely exaggerating about how "dirty" it is. In another video. Simon also made a really prejorative comment about Morocco that also rubbed me the wrong way. Another commenter on here said they took the same train and slept fine. This is definitely among the oldest of ONCF's fleet, but I've seen equally shabby trains in Europe and North America.
I mostly enjoy his content, so I hope he can avoid this sort of Seth Binkley/Nonstop Dan entitled Westerner whinefest in the future. There's a certain very distasteful genre of travel vlogger that visits developing countries only to complain incessantly about their infrastructure.