I took Africa’s First Ever HIGH-SPEED TRAIN...

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • Time to ride the Al Boraq - it's Africa's INCREDIBLE high-speed train capable of 320km/h (200mph)! Join me for an awesome trip on Morocco's finest railway line.
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    Journey Details:
    Origin: Tanger-Ville
    Destination: Casa-Voyageurs
    Company: Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF)
    Train: ONCF RGV 2N2 'Al Boraq'
    Accommodation: First Class Seat (1st)
    Distance: 322km / 200 miles
    Price: 437 DH (£35.30 / €42.00 / $42.50)
    Time: 2h10m, -2 minutes early
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Комментарии • 1,9 тыс.

  • @sonwig5186
    @sonwig5186 Год назад +1059

    I went to Morocco last summer and I've got to say, the trains were better than in the UK. Yeah they were older and more crowded but the tickets were dirt cheap (for me at least, not sure about how expensive it is for locals) and were also electric, which is something the UK has actually regressed on since electric trains were invented. In the UK trains are so absurdly expensive that it's cheaper to fly to Scotland than get the train there, which is bollocks. And the Moroccan trains really weren't that bad on the inside, it was a squeeze but it wasn't that unpleasant though I did have to stand for a bit since an old woman was on my seat (same thing happens in England too). I wish Morocco all the best, shame they didn't win the world cup, I was rooting for them against the French every minute.

    • @elladapetrosyan9610
      @elladapetrosyan9610 Год назад +23

      You went to Morocco last summer and not to "Africa"... While I know very well on which continent Morocco is located, I would not usually refer to Morocco as Africa.. By Africa we usually mean Sub-Saharan African countries. The same way you will not refer to Egyptian or Moroccan or Tunisian food as African food.

    • @sonwig5186
      @sonwig5186 Год назад +72

      @@elladapetrosyan9610 The video is about Morocco though...

    • @elladapetrosyan9610
      @elladapetrosyan9610 Год назад +15

      @@sonwig5186 I realise that. But the title is I took Africa's Ever HIGH SPEED TRAIN. I realise that that's where Morocco is. I can place all the 54 countries on a blank map of Africa. But I live in Kinshasa and was expecting to see a country like Kenya in a video with such a title. Likewise, will rarely refer to Egypt as Africa. Here in DRC we will almost never closely watch the progress and even compete with Morocco and Egypt, we will rather refer to development and progress made by Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana or Kenya or Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, etc. and even South Africa. Not that we hate Morocco etc. but bcs due to their geographic location and history these countries are developing very differently from the "black" Africa.

    • @sonwig5186
      @sonwig5186 Год назад +13

      @@elladapetrosyan9610 Yeah, I also thought the video title was a little misleading. I hope that soon sub-saharan Africa can get trains like this too.

    • @o6301
      @o6301 Год назад +77

      ​@@elladapetrosyan9610 Oh sorry for inconveniencing you . We will put Morocco on another continent ASAP . 😑

  • @funkyhetzer6624
    @funkyhetzer6624 Год назад +880

    Everything looked really modern, nice and cared about! Morocco knows what it’s doing! Hopefully more nations around the world will one day get such luxury as High Speed Trains! Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸!

    • @azarif3581
      @azarif3581 Год назад +37

      Thank you for the compliment, we wish every country the best, greetings from morocco

    • @issamissam9583
      @issamissam9583 Год назад +18

      Greeting from morocco , welcome to serbian in our country

    • @Canguterio
      @Canguterio Год назад +8

      That's why Spain is full of Moroccan citizens.....

    • @azarif3581
      @azarif3581 Год назад +37

      @@Canguterio well, it is like taking back Al Andalus, without the Muslims Spain would have not been the same as you know it, mabey you have some Moroccan in you, either you like it or not

    • @Canguterio
      @Canguterio Год назад +2

      @@azarif3581 Andalucia is Spain 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

  • @serious1756
    @serious1756 Год назад +603

    Morocco is lifting the image of Africa, with it's football and modern means.

    • @grip2617
      @grip2617 Год назад +9

      Most important is the quality of the people. Above all. Who cares about football and good trains?

    • @ad1t-384
      @ad1t-384 Год назад +39

      ​@@grip2617 public transportation is just as important as the people, especially trains

    • @zohier75
      @zohier75 Год назад

      Don't forget drugs and sex tourism

    • @igorsiuda8108
      @igorsiuda8108 Год назад +5

      They lastly even got 4th place in last year's FIFA World Cup held in Qatar!

    • @IronFreee
      @IronFreee Год назад +4

      @@grip2617 Good infrastructures are essential for a well functioning society. I don't know how you are supposed to evaluate "people's quality"... Quality for what?

  • @mous6fa
    @mous6fa Год назад +317

    كل الحب للمغرب والمغاربة من مصر 🥰🥰

    • @fadertyasa3576
      @fadertyasa3576 Год назад +9

      حبيبي إحنا واحد.

    • @aminserehali
      @aminserehali Год назад +6

      و كل الحب و الاحترام للشعب المصري الاصيل ولمصر ام الدنيا من اخوانكم المغاربة و من بلدكم الثاني المغرب

    • @Joseph-bn7
      @Joseph-bn7 Год назад

      مصر 😘😘

    • @Cinematiccollage897
      @Cinematiccollage897 Год назад

      Brothers 😊

    • @moccamixer
      @moccamixer Год назад

      @@Cinematiccollage897That’s what russians said about ukrain 😂

  • @iankemp1131
    @iankemp1131 Год назад +432

    Most impressive. My only trip to Morocco was on Inter-Rail in 1986! It took about 5-6 hours for this journey. I got to Marrakech and got chatting to a friendly student who invited me to his house to sample some almond pastries, where his dad and friends were watching Serie A on TV. Appropriate timing for this video as Morocco become the first African nation to reach the World Cup semi finals. The stations and trains have changed out of all recognition. It was clearly sensible to buy tried and tested French TGV technology, and I wish the seats on our new UK Intercity trains were as comfortable as those shown here! All in all, a huge transformation of the country in the last 35 years, so kudos to Morocco.

    • @adammckay2647
      @adammckay2647 Год назад +9

      Welcome back Ian .

    • @fthjrtgrherh8061
      @fthjrtgrherh8061 Год назад +30

      Also in 1986 Morocco become the first African nation to reach the World Cup round of 16 lol

    • @Yanzdorloph
      @Yanzdorloph Год назад +20

      That's because since 1999 Morocco knew a nice economical development even without ressources like oil or gas they managed to diversify their economy, they went from mainly exporting food, cheap phosphate to having Cars as it's top export as the biggest car exporter in Africa with a very high integration rate with like 70% of all components made in Morocco, and now rivaling Romania and Hungary . ggz to them, they could've developed more exponancially if this economical crisis didn't happen, even these past 10 years it changed imensely, I'm always amazed by the change when i get the chance to go there, some places are as modern as western Europe and others sadly still lag behind, but they have the will, hope for a better future for Morocco.

    • @iankemp1131
      @iankemp1131 Год назад +11

      @@Yanzdorloph Thanks, that's very interesting. I had wondered what was supporting Morocco's economy so that they could afford all the infrastructure - without even the aid of EU loans or grants! They seem to have done a lot better than some other countries which on paper have greater resources but have wasted them through inefficiency or corruption.

    • @Yanzdorloph
      @Yanzdorloph Год назад +2

      @@iankemp1131 I mean, the European Union kinda helps too in very big projects, for example this TGV thing, 50% of it was financed by a loan probably wth low interests from the EU(Morocco does these projects for a lot cheaper than the same stuff in Europe, this TGV thing was built from scratch for only 2billions Euros, can't even link 20km places with trains in the Uk for 2Billions). and so were the solar energy farm the biggest in the world, and so will the pipeline between Morocco and Nigeria, billions from the project will probably be financed by loans from the EU.

  • @hhydar883
    @hhydar883 Год назад +92

    Such a beautiful country. Congrats on such amazing progress. Greetings from Pakistan 🇵🇰💚

  • @hamzaer7570
    @hamzaer7570 Год назад +41

    I'm working in moroccan railways office welcome to morocco 🇲🇦 🙌

  • @Redbone504
    @Redbone504 Год назад +24

    Thank you for the warm comments ❤️🇲🇦❤️ dima Maghreb

  • @zak_258
    @zak_258 Год назад +175

    As a Moroccan, it makes me happy you liked the Boraq train! The fastest train I tried was the Maglev train from Shanghai Pudong Airport (431km/h).

    • @omarmiftah9002
      @omarmiftah9002 Год назад +6

      I tried the Maglev train 2000 in Berlin as a Student.

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +9

      Thanks for watching, it's a great service!

    • @zak_258
      @zak_258 Год назад +3

      @@omarmiftah9002 That's interesting, how fast did it go?

    • @omarmiftah9002
      @omarmiftah9002 Год назад +3

      @@zak_258 it was devolloped in Berlin. and china bought the Project. the same Train and the same vitesse. my uni Professor was the Project Chef.

    • @omarmiftah9002
      @omarmiftah9002 Год назад +1

      @@zak_258 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid-Versuchsanlage_Emsland

  • @TheSalaho1
    @TheSalaho1 Год назад +19

    I'm impressed with how much knowledge of the Moroccan history you've shown during your trip

  • @soledieairvideos5974
    @soledieairvideos5974 Год назад +936

    You got to love that Morocco has a high speed train years before the U.S.

    • @James-Campbell
      @James-Campbell Год назад +1

      That's why Africa leans towards China, they built infrastructure in the continent, the West gave unplayable loans!

    • @soledieairvideos5974
      @soledieairvideos5974 Год назад +2

      @@James-Campbell true

    • @easybusy4395
      @easybusy4395 Год назад +14

      The US have very fast V8 engine cars promoted by petrol companies. Electric vehicles, not need... nah.. lol

    • @coopa2002
      @coopa2002 Год назад +101

      The US has rampant lobbying by automakers which makes it almost impossible to pass the necessary funding for a real high speed line

    • @soledieairvideos5974
      @soledieairvideos5974 Год назад +4

      @@coopa2002 true as well

  • @badrboytlen334
    @badrboytlen334 Год назад +15

    Morocco = Africa Pride !

  • @470danadidas
    @470danadidas Год назад +18

    Great well informed video as always . Coincidence that I was watching it while eating raspberries.... from Morocco!

  • @willemsberg
    @willemsberg Год назад +163

    I am well impressed by your correct use of the Arabic script and attempt at pronunciation. Although not perfect, the attempt is laudable! These things are often not expected on the English speaking internet, so this was a happy exception. And, to be honest, the Moroccan-Arabic dialect is a challenge upon it own.
    Concerning the fastest train taken, my experience is limited to the Rotterdam-Paris Thalys service.

    • @JaapGinder
      @JaapGinder Год назад +1

      I agree / Met je eens.

    • @Yanzdorloph
      @Yanzdorloph Год назад +4

      I find that when westerners learn Arabic in the east, they keep a very thick accent and a slow way of speaking, but when the ones who learn Moroccan dialect when they get good at it they speak it like the locals

    • @M_Julian_TSP
      @M_Julian_TSP Год назад +7

      @@Yanzdorloph Yes because learning a standardized official language is often for economic reasons, while learning regional languages and dialects is all about you loving and understanding a culture and its people

    • @utopiatech4546
      @utopiatech4546 Год назад

      Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭

    • @MariaNI-yf1bz
      @MariaNI-yf1bz Год назад

      @@utopiatech4546 you sound desperate.

  • @iPlayOnSpica
    @iPlayOnSpica Год назад +11

    Interesting to see how Morocco approaches the concept of HSR differently from Japan (i.e. boarding, seating, open air rather than a half or full roof at the station terminal). Welcome to the club, and what a refreshing landscape to view at 320km/h on the ground!

  • @noorur
    @noorur Год назад +13

    I took that train from Tangier to Rabat, loved it

  • @yooein
    @yooein Год назад +5

    The fastest trains I was on were in mainland China. 350km/h between Guilin North and Shenzhen North. Beautiful landscape, so many mountains. And the Maglev in Shanghai went 430 km/h, but that was a very short ride, just from the airport to the city.

  • @michaelhall8586
    @michaelhall8586 Год назад +7

    This is very cool, it’s wonderful to see the world of trains

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад

      I agree, I love travelling on trains in different countries. :)

  • @locomotiveproductions
    @locomotiveproductions Год назад +3

    i love how you can eat and look over the outside platforms. All station should be like this

  • @omarhamid3638
    @omarhamid3638 Год назад +5

    Another great video! Really enjoyed it and it is so wonderful to see such brilliant station and facilities as well as the HS train as well. Thanks and kudos on some solid Arabic pronunciation 😊✌️👏

  • @Tomorrow32
    @Tomorrow32 Год назад +3

    These train stations are much better than the ones we have here in the States.

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +1

      Yeah some of the stations out in the USA can be a little bit dodgy... :/

  • @samsouma8322
    @samsouma8322 Год назад +4

    Diiiima Maghreb (Always Morocco) 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

  • @abdul-qf2fe
    @abdul-qf2fe Год назад +6

    Of course traveling on the Moroccan high speed train 'alboraq' could be an unforgettable experience, the same if you're traveling in car or riding an adventure motorcycle 🏍 thus the pleasure will be far more exciting reaching the many tourist destinations and attractions around the country particularly in summertime where beaches 🏖 along the coasts are fully crowded with people 🏝🏕🌄🌞

  • @kdhuddinge
    @kdhuddinge Год назад +7

    I remember the old station in Tangiers from back in the 80’s. No high speed trains back then. Morocco has come a long way.

    • @ZZMJo
      @ZZMJo Год назад +1

      Yeah, but we didn't have them either!

  • @X3ro1-01
    @X3ro1-01 Год назад +8

    As a Moroccan believe me , 450dh for a flexible aaand first place is sometimes cheaper than taking regular public transit, we have our issues like all the countries but when it comes to transportation infrastructure we have it under control 🇲🇦🇲🇦👍🏽.

  • @o.c.g.m9426
    @o.c.g.m9426 Год назад +1

    YES Morocco and Egypt is in Africa. Thanks for video. Can't wait to try this

  • @euroschmau
    @euroschmau Год назад +7

    Watching from the USA, I can put yet another entry on my list of nations we are inferior to...sigh.

  • @geesehoward700
    @geesehoward700 Год назад +6

    i bless the trains down in africa

  • @PaulSmith-pl7fo
    @PaulSmith-pl7fo Год назад +4

    I have travelled on the Tianjin to Beijing (and return) highspeed train at 347kph (216mph) - 30 minutes each way.

  • @NewVideoTech3000
    @NewVideoTech3000 Год назад +6

    Moroccans at first were very opposed to that project, but later were convinced of it's utility

    • @addouhamza4670
      @addouhamza4670 Год назад

      that is true, it is a hefty investment money wise. But it is a good sign to get investors in though, the more modern a country and stable is, the easier the money flows becomes.

  • @vornamenachname5589
    @vornamenachname5589 Год назад +1

    both, the train and the station are looking very nice.

  • @Spidyy
    @Spidyy Год назад +46

    Seeing my good old TGV interior, but with those beautiful african landscape feels great ! Feels like France and Morocco are connected by a railline above the mediteranean sea. :D

    • @Yanzdorloph
      @Yanzdorloph Год назад +13

      The drivers and engineers were all trained by the SNCF that was very involved in this TGV in Morocco and basicaly managed it for the first year. there was plans to build another line between Marakesh and Agadir then link Marakesh with casablanca, with the goal to link all Moroccan cities with a TGV line, it was a whole elaborated plane and calender with planed finaces and all the boring stuff, but as you know, Morocco and France had a falling out, and the contracts were canceled. Thx God they signed a contract with Korea Rail Network Authority few months ago, works hopefuly starting soon

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +5

      That's interesting, I wonder if we will see Korean-built trains in Morocco soon...

    • @ciello___8307
      @ciello___8307 Год назад +1

      @@Yanzdorloph korea huh? interesting. . . they got a nice hsr system but thats a random connection

    • @Yanzdorloph
      @Yanzdorloph Год назад +4

      @@ciello___8307 Not really, Morocco after the contract with france got canceled, made an "appele d'offre" (idk what in english, maybe call for bids?) and 2 companies answered Chinese railways and Korean railways, both want to take on the project, at the end they went with Korean company instead of chinese one. + both korea and china are trying to make their railways companies build high speed trains for other countries Europe included.

    • @ni9274
      @ni9274 Год назад +1

      @@Yanzdorloph They can give a TGV to China so they can copy it.

  • @andrewmurray655
    @andrewmurray655 Год назад +20

    I did Seville - Barcelona - Paris - London - Norwich at the end of October and it was epic ! Renfe AVE on the Seville - Barcelona leg at 300 kph, then SNCF TGV Barcelona - Paris, the best bit being the scenery en route it was truly marvellous. Finishing off with Eurostar Paris to London which was its usual efficient self ending up with a swift trip on a 745 Flirt of Greater Anglia.

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +2

      Amazing! I did a similar journey to reach Morocco actually, that was London-Paris-Barcelona-Madrid-Malaga-Tangier. :)

    • @iankemp1131
      @iankemp1131 Год назад

      All of these are lines that have changed out of all recognition since I did a similar journey on Inter-Rail in 1986. Newhaven-Dieppe ferry, overnight Paris to Irun in a smoky compartment, a whole day from there to Madrid on the "express" which was the fastest non-supplement train, overnight from Madrid to Algeciras in a couchette, and about 5-6 hours for the Tangier-Rabat/Casablanca run. Just goes to show the huge improvements made in all these countries by funding high-speed rail lines.

    • @utopiatech4546
      @utopiatech4546 Год назад

      Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭

  • @frommarkham424
    @frommarkham424 Год назад +19

    I've taken some trips on China's high speed rail network before. All of them occured in the autumn of 2018. I had gone to China to see my relatives. I don't remember the exact cities I was travelling between, but they were all around the provinces of Anhui, Zhejiang and the city of Shanghai

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +5

      I bet that was an amazing experience! They have so many high-speed trains there.

    • @frommarkham424
      @frommarkham424 Год назад +1

      @@SuperalbsTravels Actually, it was like riding a subway or a normal train. Just a lot faster. I remember seeing one of the signs onboard say 220 km/h once. Also a stranger gave me chocolate one time on board.

    • @JS-ih7lu
      @JS-ih7lu Год назад +5

      @@SuperalbsTravels China has around three quarters of the world’s HSR by length

    • @zhuyuan0624
      @zhuyuan0624 Год назад +2

      @@SuperalbsTravels I hope you can try some Chinese HSR in the future. I believe the trip restriction due to the pandemic can be over in 2023. What a nice channel, only missing some Chinese trains.

    • @utopiatech4546
      @utopiatech4546 Год назад

      Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭

  • @dirkstrickland135
    @dirkstrickland135 Год назад +4

    Imagine we could have something like this in California. Commuting between Silicon Valley and SoCal is such a drag. The interstates don’t even connect directly and the traffic is always hideous.

    • @nala8219
      @nala8219 Год назад +1

      I just found out this year that USA don't really use trains as much as the rest of the world. Tbh I was quite shocked, I've always thought that Americans just prefer to use their own cars to travel.

  • @alyonasugra5931
    @alyonasugra5931 Год назад +2

    Hey Superalbs Travels! I just started watching you because I started to appreciate high speed trains. I'm from Russia and I rode the high speed train "Lastochka" around multiple places in Russia for visiting family and for vacation. Could you please give a review for our high speed train? It's top speed is around 160 km/h so please give a review on this train. I would highly appreciate it.

  • @WTFF_01
    @WTFF_01 Год назад +4

    By the way, to clear an information mentioned that Rabat the capital city for the Moroccan dynasty in 12 Century! You can look it up! That was rich culturally and civilized back then when France wasn’t even born yet!😅😊

    • @mrsupremegascon
      @mrsupremegascon Год назад +1

      France was born in the 7th century.
      Civilized my ass, all Morroco did was enslaving everything that moved, making tribal wars for millenials and then were surprised to be fucked by countries who actually developed a civilization.

    • @Nemo.24
      @Nemo.24 Год назад

      @@mrsupremegascon Andalusia?

  • @Peter.S96
    @Peter.S96 Год назад +4

    Wow they electrified the railways... Amazing thing to see as I am from switzerland where every trains runs electric :)

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +5

      Yep, it's actually mostly electric down there. Exceptions are a few freight spurs around Safi, and everything east of Fes.

    • @addouhamza4670
      @addouhamza4670 Год назад +1

      it has been over 30 years since the railways were electrified here :)
      I have yet to see a non-electric train in my 25 years

    • @yubautube
      @yubautube Год назад

      no, they are still using steam locomotives. this video is just a simulation

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +1

      @@yubautube I wish I had the budget for that! 🤣

    • @yubautube
      @yubautube Год назад +1

      @@SuperalbsTravels you did great thank you, but that Switzerland guy is probably like a tree (he never left his hometown to know that the world is moving forward).

  • @saadbouayyad-745
    @saadbouayyad-745 Год назад +3

    WELCOME TO THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO 🇲🇦❤️

  • @shotelco
    @shotelco Год назад +3

    Just this past summer I took the same trip, which provided me the pleasure of traveling High Speed rail now on 3 Continents. I only wish you would have added the Casa Voyageurs station tour in Casablanca. Otherwise a great presentation.

    • @utopiatech4546
      @utopiatech4546 Год назад +2

      Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭

    • @shotelco
      @shotelco Год назад

      ​@@utopiatech4546 What you say is *TRUE.* It is important to note that Spain Colonized the area in 1884, and abandoned it in 1976, when Spain's General Franco - on his deathbed - signed a secret agreement which handed over the territory to Morocco and Mauritania. This agreement was illegal per the UN. But supported by both France and Spain in their hopes to maintain colonization of Africa.
      In many ways, the Europeans still Colonize Africa. I am confident that Moulay Hassan will, when he takes the throne, create a relationship with Western Sahara much like Malaysia did with Sarawak - where they are officially granted self-government as a Federation _with_ Morocco. Although Moulay may not rule for some time, I think he understands that if any part of Africa remains even partially Colonized, then all Africa remains Colonized.

    • @المملكةالشريفة-خ2ف
      @المملكةالشريفة-خ2ف Год назад +1

      @@utopiatech4546 Only your cerveau his colonial

  • @ncard00
    @ncard00 Год назад +3

    Those pictures of old trains in the beginning reminded me of some other big, rich country, still operating very old trains, especially for freight… Amtrak and the US, so embarrasing that Africa has a true high speed line, and the US doesn’t, and the northeast corridor doesn’t count, as it’s only high speed for small part of the route. Wouldn’t be surprised, if africa got a continent wide high speed rail network before the US does…

  • @ismailelasbihani5893
    @ismailelasbihani5893 Год назад +3

    unfortunately peope in America and europe think all Africans an middle east people still live in the desert with camels with no cars no buildings no wifi just the desert and that is completely wrong just write morocco on youtube and see the truth, of course, we do not have the best technology and cities in the world but we have big hearts just say i lost my money and i do not have a place to stay in and you will find everyone seeking to help u and take care of u for free without asking u who u are no one is talking about the Arabic generosity u have to see it then judge and do not believe media, especially Holywood movies they are just liars and they fake everything for their own good thanks to this channel to show my country as it is that is something i really appreciate ..for people who don't know arabic alborak is horse with wings that can travel with light speed

  • @Evolvinggamer371
    @Evolvinggamer371 Год назад +6

    Love morroco from your brother nation 🇮🇳♥️🇲🇦

    • @meb5205
      @meb5205 Год назад +1

      Moroccans love Indians.

  • @TheRareVideosXL
    @TheRareVideosXL Год назад +2

    What a fantastic video.
    Subscribed as well.
    Keep it up.

  • @grip2617
    @grip2617 Год назад +2

    So good to see a graffitiless country.

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +1

      Yes, they definitely take care of their trains and stations. :)

  • @jimroberts4289
    @jimroberts4289 Год назад +3

    Glad seeing Africa moving ahead and life getting better for the people

  • @TheOneStraightPath
    @TheOneStraightPath Год назад +2

    AMU is the Arab Maghreb Union all three countries are involved in this big project. Tunisia - Algeria and Morocco.
    The whole north African coast, starting with these three neighbouring countries and later on it will also cross from North Africa to South Africa. But that's for much later

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +3

      That will be amazing! 🤩

    • @ZZMJo
      @ZZMJo Год назад +1

      Yeah, I read that article too.

  • @SweatLaserXP
    @SweatLaserXP Год назад +3

    Isn't it funny that Morocco has HSR at 300 km/hr, and yet the United States can't even maintain a basic level of service. This country (the USA) is basically an expensive joke at this point...

  • @anthonymanderson7671
    @anthonymanderson7671 Год назад +1

    Africa is making progress in this system while in the US, the hopes of having a HSR have died up and it will take decades for that to revive.

  • @insteinjonga6651
    @insteinjonga6651 Год назад +3

    Wow! Just wow! 🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿

  • @Yabdielmar
    @Yabdielmar Год назад +4

    Finally someone covers this

  • @luca_railwaytrip
    @luca_railwaytrip Год назад +2

    Very beautiful video, thank you

  • @gentuxable
    @gentuxable Год назад +4

    The fastest trains I've been on was the ICE 3, Shinkansen and TGV. Never been to Shanghai which would be the only train that goes faster than these (if I'm not mistaken).

  • @Kradra2001
    @Kradra2001 Год назад +4

    Morocco such a great country but unfortunately I can't go there I wish to go there one day 🇲🇦❤🇩🇿

    • @meb5205
      @meb5205 Год назад

      Stupid politics :(

  • @travelvideos
    @travelvideos Год назад +4

    Fastest ever probably on Shanghai airport train. Al Boraq train looks comfortable.

  • @examplerkey
    @examplerkey Год назад +2

    Speechless!

  • @Moriss-tq1pp
    @Moriss-tq1pp Год назад +4

    Sahara is Moroccan

    • @jeframsam3501
      @jeframsam3501 Год назад

      Sure sahara is Moroccan, and thanks to Cameroun by the way 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦💪💪💪💪💪

  • @tricosteryl
    @tricosteryl Год назад +1

    Standard french TGV design. Quite good that african countries can deploy such rolling stock :)

  • @DChatburn1
    @DChatburn1 Год назад +3

    Very nice video. About 10 years ago, I traveled on the Shinkensen from Tokyo to Hiroshima. The trains in Japan are clean and on-time. I have also traveled on the US Amtrak Metroliner, it is nice, but it isn't very fast.

    • @utopiatech4546
      @utopiatech4546 Год назад

      Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭

    • @Evolvinggamer371
      @Evolvinggamer371 Год назад +1

      No one can beat bullet train 🚆 I love it but yeah Morocco has built world-class train ♥️🇲🇦🇮🇳

    • @hriday1341
      @hriday1341 Год назад

      @@Evolvinggamer371 not built but imported .
      But yeah its reasonable to import sometimes .

    • @medamine8298
      @medamine8298 Год назад +1

      @@utopiatech4546 Morocco is in its Sahara and the Sahara is in its Morocco, out of you and your dirty talk

  • @LoveStallion
    @LoveStallion Год назад +1

    If Spain ever follows through on its inchoate plan to build a tunnel to Morocco, imagine what this train would do with AVE integration.

  • @beeba338
    @beeba338 Год назад +1

    Morocco 🇲🇦 is developing year by year 👏👏 and for the haters in the comments section keep hating 😂😂🤏

  • @AymanZ02
    @AymanZ02 Год назад +5

    at 5:12, this is not the correct map of morocco

  • @Marocimmobilier-j1b
    @Marocimmobilier-j1b Год назад +1

    Thanks you Welcome to Morocco

    • @pizzablender
      @pizzablender Год назад +1

      Morocco and its people are very kind and hospitable.

  • @arndpeter
    @arndpeter Год назад +3

    Egypt is building a high speed train, too.

  • @issamm6953
    @issamm6953 Год назад +1

    Wowowowo that's nice. It's a high speed. We don't have smtg like that even in US.

  • @pentavlogs
    @pentavlogs Год назад +3

    Morocco 🇲🇦 nice country

  • @amineguten2306
    @amineguten2306 Год назад +1

    Come back again in 3 years, there will be a new line Casablanca-Marrakech with the same french company Alstom that made that first casa-tangier line.
    Thanks for visiting my country and welcome all.

    • @ZZMJo
      @ZZMJo Год назад

      I heard till Agadir...

  • @Aminuximus
    @Aminuximus Год назад +1

    there is a new line now that woudl go until the city of Marrakesh & Agadir in the south. would be lit

  • @rohankrishna2610
    @rohankrishna2610 Год назад +3

    The fastest train that I have travelled on is the Rajdhani in India which travels at a maximum speed of 130km/hr...

  • @KJ-mq2pi
    @KJ-mq2pi Год назад +1

    I like how the front says oncf

  • @DJKLProductions
    @DJKLProductions Год назад +3

    Marocco is even more advanced than the USA in that regard!

  • @divox9pqr
    @divox9pqr Год назад +2

    Outside of Morocco, the trains are absolutely abysmal. You would think that a country such as Nigeria or South Africa would have evolved a high speed railway by now. Or, combined with other countries to form a high speed network as in Europe and Asia.

  • @dorian4646
    @dorian4646 Год назад +4

    Of course it's Morocco...

  • @RegebroRepairs
    @RegebroRepairs Год назад

    Yeah, I recognize those trains and seats, it's TGV, but with a nicer seat fabric design. 🙂 I wish we had TGV all over Europe.

  • @pyr_o7529
    @pyr_o7529 Год назад +1

    I went on this before though I took 2nd class, the snack bar tastes good. I got some snacks using the Dhiram, which is the Moroccan currency

  • @ToxicCheese_NL
    @ToxicCheese_NL Год назад +3

    It's not a bullet train (Shinkansen) but just a TGV.

    • @glx1987
      @glx1987 Год назад +5

      The Bullet Train was a japanese Projekt from the 1930s. The project was interrupted because of WWII and never resumed. Later, some of the revamped areas were used for the Shinkansen.
      So even Shinkansen isn`t a Bullet Train.

    • @LukaT
      @LukaT Год назад +2

      In a broader sense the word means any bullet-shaped train (long front part)

  • @MrMemeious
    @MrMemeious Год назад +2

    Fastest train I’ve been on is the ICE 3 from Copenhagen to Berlin. Don’t remember it tho, I wasn’t very old

  • @cybertar
    @cybertar Год назад +1

    9:37 I'm from Morocco, can confirm that that is a cow, i sometimes see animals or fairly odd locations that have no business being there. It is rare, but it happens. Lol

    • @mohamedelouahabi2635
      @mohamedelouahabi2635 Год назад

      What you talking about mate I don't get it

    • @ZZMJo
      @ZZMJo Год назад

      Even cows have the right togo for a walk, sometimes...

  • @itzadammplayz
    @itzadammplayz Год назад +2

    I live in morroco and life is great but the prices for things is too expensive

  • @gab_v250
    @gab_v250 Год назад +2

    10:32 fun fact: the OHLE catenary has the same style as the one used in recently refurbished Italian railways (local, main and high speed) and the Midland Main Line (up to Corby and Kettering).

    • @utopiatech4546
      @utopiatech4546 Год назад

      Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭

    • @mehdi9962
      @mehdi9962 Год назад +2

      @@utopiatech4546 😂😂😂😂🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦💪

    • @utopiatech4546
      @utopiatech4546 Год назад

      @@mehdi9962 hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjjjjj 😘😘😘🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🍌🍌🍌🍌

  • @copperblock1053
    @copperblock1053 Год назад +1

    As a moroccan, am glad

  • @TL98
    @TL98 Год назад +1

    this is next level meaning of MARRAKECH EXPRESS

  • @yokke595
    @yokke595 Год назад +5

    bro the western sahra thats moroccan territory

  • @nizamahami
    @nizamahami Год назад

    Maasha Allah 😊 morocco so beautiful ❤️ and exiting

  • @JamesBrown-ux9ds
    @JamesBrown-ux9ds Год назад +1

    Travel-money well spent - thank you for taking us! (A lot of elderly french and german people travelling Morocco for decades by car or mobile home already complain for some years now 'Morocco is no longer what it used to be' - but fortunately that's how it is.)
    You could just as well provide some more infos besides, planing time for this line, production costs, annual deficit to be covered by the Moroccon state for the time being?
    Even just talking a little bit of 'wikipedea-infos' could be entertaining for a while, maybe split in between travelling two Stations🤗✨🕵️? Of course everybody could read on it's own, but your voice providing for would make that different and more exciting?

  • @Lucas-pe6fg
    @Lucas-pe6fg Год назад +4

    LOL Africa... it's North Africa. it has nothing to do with what ppl actually think of when they see/hear "Afria"

  • @taytk8005
    @taytk8005 Год назад

    Congratulations Morocco

  • @Gigika313
    @Gigika313 Год назад +1

    Damn Africa got high speed! Wow!
    Meanwhile in the states 😭running out of diesel, crumbling infrastructure, the list goes on, no high speed anything around here 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @ZZMJo
      @ZZMJo Год назад

      I just read that Nigeria in 2022 bought 2 Talgo Intercity bc they were in Winsconsin but they didn't use them for 10 yrs...If you can find and read the story behind the reason why you can only 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂.

  • @nugi_sleepycat
    @nugi_sleepycat Год назад +1

    My fastest train I’ve expected was krl indonesia wich is slow but hopefully this year the first super fast train in indonesia will open i hope u can try that

  • @dominik.peters
    @dominik.peters Год назад +3

    You concluded that you overall enjoyed the ride on the Al Boraq. Are there any respects in which they are better than TGV Duplex trains in France? I inevitably find the latter cramped, and am not a big fan of the seats either.

    • @Yanzdorloph
      @Yanzdorloph Год назад +2

      it's exactly the same as the TGV in France, only difference is they added a lugage place at the end of compartments in the AL-Boraq, the project was managed by the SNCF for the first year wish explains why everything is the same

    • @walideg5304
      @walideg5304 Год назад

      There are also an improved AC and anti sand treatment on those TGVs.

  • @gabrielstravels
    @gabrielstravels Год назад

    Looks like a quite scenic journey!
    06:06 Answering your question, the fastest train I've been in my life is the Eurostar e320 from London to Brussels and back, which also has the same top speed (320 km/h) as Morocco's Al-Boraq
    09:24 Ayy, that's the TAF / Z2M! We have loads of these in my (half) country, Italy, and they run in my local area too!
    11:25 Always a good idea to carry cash with you when you travel to avoid disappointment like you had at the bar on the train!

  • @kl9518
    @kl9518 Год назад

    The fastest train I've been on is the Shanghai Maglev in China, at 430 km/h (268 mph) in 2013.
    It was built in 2004 and still running today.

  • @elbahijabdelmoutaleb6397
    @elbahijabdelmoutaleb6397 Год назад

    you welcome to morocco bro any time 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦👑👑👑

  • @filippomassa2805
    @filippomassa2805 Год назад +1

    I live in northern Italy so the fastest train I've ever rode is Trenitalia Frecciarossa connecting Turin to Milan in just 45 minutes speeding through pianura Padana at 300km/h 🫡🫡

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад

      Absolutely beautiful journey, the high-speed line is so impressive!

  • @pafawag5b6b5b
    @pafawag5b6b5b Год назад +1

    6:04 the fastest train i've been on is the pkp intercity pendolino, but that was back when it could only reach 160km/h, not the 200 that is its limit now

  • @raghunandanbs2005
    @raghunandanbs2005 7 месяцев назад

    I like the french way of building trains on more steeper inclines and also on ground rather than Japanese trains . The trains look rough which i quite understandable.

  • @kreiseltower
    @kreiseltower Год назад +3

    Nice. I've been going with the TGV from Saarbrücken (Bordertown to France in Germany) to Paris a couple of times. Same train... takes 1h50 minutes for the 400 km trip. Goes ~320 for a huge portion of the trip. Very awesome ride and by far best means to get to Paris from here.

    • @ZZMJo
      @ZZMJo Год назад +1

      We have it too.. It takes 5 hours but for that price!

    • @athrunzala6770
      @athrunzala6770 Год назад +1

      I was going the opposite way to go to Saarbrücken but I tried to take the ICE for the panoramic view: p

    • @kreiseltower
      @kreiseltower Год назад

      @@athrunzala6770 Yeah, the ICE is nicer to drive in. But sadly, at the most favorable time for me, the TGV is scheduled.

    • @utopiatech4546
      @utopiatech4546 Год назад

      Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭

  • @that1niceguy246
    @that1niceguy246 Год назад +2

    The fastest trsin i ever travelled on was the ÖBB Railjet;since i've never been too far from home on a train, the fastest i ever went was 140 km/h, the same speed as regional S-Bahns

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 Год назад +1

      140 miles an hour you would have gone actually.

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +2

      It depends on the route, but they are good trains!

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 Год назад +1

      @@SuperalbsTravels Indeed.

  • @danmetro98rb
    @danmetro98rb Год назад

    What I dream of is a huge high-speed rail network spanning all across Europe and the Mediterranean North African countries, a kind of modern version of Roman roads but with high-speed trains.
    So for instance you could just get on in Berlin-Hauptbahnhof and ride all the way down to Casablanca...
    Well yeah, maybe one day in the distant future...

  • @trainlover16
    @trainlover16 Год назад +1

    Fastest train I’ver ever been on is the ICE 3. I remember hitting 200 miles an hour between Cologne and Frankfurt.

    • @SuperalbsTravels
      @SuperalbsTravels  Год назад +3

      Hitting top-speed on that line is always a great feeling!

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 Год назад +1

      @@SuperalbsTravels Could not agree more.