Shortly after Moncloa delivered a loan of 750 million euros so that the trains contract was taken by the Basque CAF, the Gallic Government seems to have followed its steps and has granted a loan of 781 million euros to Morocco to buy 18 high -speed trains produced by the French company Alstom.
The announcement was made by the French embassy in Rabat, within the framework of the Financial and Railway Cooperation Declaration Signed on October 28, 2024during the visit of the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to Morocco.
According to the note published by the Embassy, thanks to the concession of the loan, for the Moroccan National Railway Office (ONCF), the country may acquire the trains Avelia Horizon double floor, which They have capacity of up to 640 passengers and a maximum speed of 320 kilometers.
The bought units, which will be manufactured in French plants, They are part of the expansion of the only high -speed Moroccan line, which connects Casablanca and Tangier, to Marrakech. The operation tests will be carried out in Morocco, where the necessary key components will also be manufactured.
Christophe Lecourtier, the French ambassador to Morocco, has affirmed that this agreement is part of the preparations for the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will do with Spain and Portugal.
