Morocco embraces the largest railway center for trains maintenance

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

This article was automatically translated from Hibapress, the Arabic version:

Heba Press – Casablanca

A request for tenders to create an advanced industrial and technological center was launched in Zenata, in the city of Muhammadiyah, in a strategic place that reflects the kingdom’s ambition to update the railway sector.

The project extends over an area of ​​29 hectares and aims to meet 85% of the industrial maintenance needs of the Moroccan train network, which makes it an essential element to improve the iron transport infrastructure.

This new center represents a strategic axis in the development and maintenance of trains, as it will help strengthen the management of the railway supply chain and increase the efficiency of maintenance operations, which will improve the Industrial competitiveness of Morocco and its ability to attract a foreigner investment in this vital sector.

1.1 billion dirhams (equivalent to 100 million euros) were allocated to the financing of the project, with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), while the budget for technical studies and the design and Followed by the implementation is estimated at around 605 million dirhams (around $ 55 million).

This investment comes in the Moroccan strategy to develop and develop the rail network by 2040, to monitor the pace of international technology and maintenance standards, and contributes to improving economic development and improving the efficiency of transport to breast of the kingdom.