Al Boraq train: 437M DH deal for 5 new Marrakech stations

Morocco's National Railway Office (ONCF) has awarded the contract to build five new stations on the Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed rail line to Moroccan company Jet Contractors, for a bid of 437,575,645.85 dirhams before tax, around 437.6 million DH. The award follows an open tender referenced 26T053/PLGV, part of a broader ONCF investment programme worth 96 billion DH.

The winning bid exceeds the Office's initial estimate of 385.24 million DH before tax by more than 52.3 million DH, an increase of roughly 13.6% above the project's planned ceiling. Under the open tender rules, the contract goes to the lowest bid that meets the administrative and technical requirements.

Al Boraq train service extends south to Marrakech

The Kenitra-Marrakech high-speed line extends the Al Boraq train service south, beyond its current route linking Tangier, Kenitra, Rabat and Casablanca. The new contract covers five stations between Benguerir and Marrakech:

A company that already built the Tangier and Benslimane stations

This is not Jet Contractors' first contract on the high-speed line project: the company previously built the Tangier high-speed station, and won the contract in March to build the Hassan II Grand Stadium station in Benslimane province, with a bid exceeding 415.5 million DH. It had also previously secured a share of the line's civil works worth two billion DH, according to TelQuel.

A 96-billion-dirham investment programme

The project is part of a wider ONCF investment programme worth 96 billion DH:

Expanding the stations on the Kenitra-Marrakech line is among the major projects Morocco is counting on to cut travel time between its biggest cities, as civil works continue along the line, carried out by several Moroccan and international contractors.