Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station
The Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station (Arabic: محطة الدار البيضاء المسافرين; French: Gare Casa-Voyageurs) is an ONCF (French: Office national des chemins de fer, "Moroccan National Railway") station in the Belvedere neighborhood of Casablanca.
Casa-Voyageurs محطة الدار البيضاء المسافرين | ||||||||||||||||
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 View of the station after the completion of the expansion in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Casablanca Morocco | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°35′22.4″N 7°35′27″W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Kingdom of Morocco | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | ONCF | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Casablanca Tramway Line T1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1923 | |||||||||||||||
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The station is served by suburban and long-distance trains. It is Casablanca's principal station, the other is Casa-Port. It is an important hub connecting several main lines of the Moroccan railway network.
The other station in the city is Casa-Port, but that is not on the main North-South line and offers only local connections to nearby destinations and the Mohammed V International Airport.
Layout
The station was built by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Maroc (CFM) in 1923, under the French protectorate of Morocco. It has 8 platforms.
It is the largest railway hub in the country, serving direct trains within Morocco (Aïn Sebaâ, Fes, Khouribga, Marrakech, Rabat, Tangier) and Casablanca's Mohammed V International Airport.
In November 2018, Casa-Voyageurs became the terminus for the Casablanca–Tangier high-speed rail line which connects Casablanca to Tangier in 2 hours, 10 minutes.[1]
Destinations
From Casa Voyageurs direct services are available to and from:
Local transport
The station connects with Casablanca Tramway Line T1, the tram stop is in front of the station. It is served by M'dina Buses and by taxis.
References
- "Projet LGV Tanger-Casablanca : Une concrétisation de la politique des grands chantiers" [Tangier-Casablanca LGV Project: policy implementation on major projects]. www.entreprendre.ma (in French). Retrieved 26 October 2014.