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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Casablanca Voyageurs

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.

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.

History

The station was built by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Maroc [fr] (CFM) in 1923, under the French protectorate of Morocco. It had 8 platforms.

View of the station after the completion of the expansion in 2018

It was expanded for Al Boraq service which began November 2018. Casa-Voyageurs became the southern terminus for the high speed train.

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.

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.