Two new tram lines opened in Casablanca

Opening on 24 September, and enlarging the network by 60%, were two new tram lines for the Casablanca tramway: line T3 from Gare de Casa port to Hay El Wahda (14.1km) and line T4 from Parc de la Ligue Arabe to Mohammed Erradi (12.5km). 

 

A 10-minute service is provided 05.30-22.30.The new lines cost MAD 7bn and were built with the help of a MAD 10bn regional loan. 

 

None of the new track is shared with the existing lines T1 (23.6km) and T2 (22.4km), opened in 2012 and 2019 respectively, but there are crossing points. 

 

Construction of T3 and T4 started in 2019, but work was delayed by the Corona pandemic and test running on the completed lines started in March 2024, using 66 Alstom Citadis that are singe-ended but double-sided and always operate in coupled back-to-back formation as 65m trains; they cost EUR 150M and each train can carry up to 630 passengers. There are now 190 cars in operation. 

 

Bus rapid transit is also a feature of the Casablanca network since March 2023 with two suburban lines feeding tram lines T1 and T2; tramway extensions are planned here. 

 

There is an option for 22 more trams from Alstom; the company has built a new factory in Fez to supply electrical cabling (the trams are built in Barcelona). 

 

The 72.5km tramway network is operated and maintained by RATP Dev under a 12-year contract awarded in 2017. Over 350M passengers have been carried during the last 12 years and the tramway operation has created 600 local jobs.