Night Train to MarrakechNight Train to MarrakechThe ONCF operates special night-trains on the long-distance main-line links. The following routes offer night-trains:
Each compartment has its own door to the aisle and curtains can be drawn to keep the compartment dark. In the night-trains, passengers in a 2nd class compartment tend to draw the curtains, switch off the lights and close the sliding door, hoping that no passengers will enter their compartment so the existing cabin passengers might have more space. In 1st class, however, each seat is manually assigned. Thus, the system is not used. When trains are not busy, couches are usually empty, so passengers can lie down at times. Besides these 'normal' compartments (that are also used on day-time trains and special night-trains) they also offer sleeper-cars with bedrooms/compartments or couchettes. A bed or couchette has fixed price, regardless of the travelling route or distance. Beds and couchettes have to be reserved when tickets are brought. Moroccan Night Train Bed and Couchette Prices on ONCF Trains Type persons Adult Child (up to 12 years old) (accompanied by an adult)
There is a daily train on the Marrakech-Tangier section in each direction. On this route, standard 6 or 8-person compartments are available, as well as 4-person couchette compartments. Timetable for this Section:
Besides normal running trains, this section also runs a special hotel train service. This train only offers reserved sleeping compartments, compared to other normal services. The train service opened on 29 June 2010. It featured in the James Bond film Spectre. Timetable for this Section:
Nador is not the start or terminus, trains run from/to nearby Bin Anşār or Nador Port. The night-train on this route only offers 2 person sleeping compartments with full beds. No couchettes are available. As the train does not go to Taourirt, there is no need to change driving-direction and thus no need to move the engine. The day trains all stop at Taourirt and as the link to Nador is actually before the station of Taourirt (coming from Fes) the direction of travel has to change, including moving the locomotive from one end to the other. Timetable for this Section:
Trains on this section normally run to and from Bin Anşār or Nador Port. Timetable for this section:
Rail Transport in Morocco Operation: National railway: ONCF Rail Transport in Morocco Ridership: 52.8 million per year (2023) Rail Transport in Morocco Freight: 36 million tons per year (2012–13) Rail Transport in Morocco System Length Total: 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi) Rail Transport in Morocco Track Gauge Main: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Rail Transport in Morocco Electrification: 3000 V DC Main network 25 kV 50 Hz High-speed line | |||||
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