Train Navette Rapide


The Train Navette Rapide is a Moroccan rail service operated by the ONCF. Its first phase runs from Casablanca to Kénitra with a half-hourly service in each direction, between 6 a.m. and 9.30 p.m. The concept was based on existing Moroccan transport links.

TNR Casablanca - Kenitra

History

On 21 May 1984, following the doubling of the Casablanca—Rabat line, the TNR made its first journey on the line from to. It was named the "Aouita". It connected the two cities with 14 trains a day in each direction, journeys taking under an hour. The TNR service was provided by eight EMUs, each with 271 seats and air conditioning.
Spurred by its success, the ONCF added 32 centre-aisle coaches in 1992, and in 1995 added a second series of six air-conditioned EMUs.
To improve the service, more infrastructure projects were undertaken to extend the line to Salé and on to Kénitra, which was made possible by doubling the line between them and constructing a tunnel at Rabat Agdal.
In 2002, the service was increased to sixty trains a day in each direction, half-hourly during off-peak and every 15 minutes during peak hours.
In 2010, the TNR carried over 15 million passengers, half of the entire traffic, with 3 million season-ticket holders.

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Plans

Service improvements

An extension of the TNR service in the north-west of Kenitra is also planned, to serve the Atlantic Free Zone and the town of Sidi Yahya El Gharb.

Enlargement

The TNR concept has been rolled out to other lines:
By steadily increasing the number and frequency of trains, the TNR has become part of daily life for a new generation of commuters, the "navetteurs".

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