Kénitra-Marrakech high-speed rail: Colas Rail wins €29m contract
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Yabiladi
Morocco’s National Railways Office (ONCF) has awarded French company Colas Rail a contract worth about €29 million for work between Roches-Noires station and the Nouaceur maintenance centre, near Casablanca. Colas Rail’s third contract is part of the future Kénitra-Marrakech high-speed line, after two contracts worth €250 million awarded in January 2025, according to Colas.
Morocco’s National Railways Office (ONCF) has awarded Colas Rail, a French company specialising in rail infrastructure, a contract worth about €29 million for work in Casablanca as part of the future Kénitra-Marrakech high-speed line. The contract covers the section between Roches-Noires station and the Nouaceur railway maintenance centre, Colas announced on 12 November.
The work includes the construction and redevelopment of tracks, the installation of overhead lines and civil engineering operations. It is the third contract awarded to Colas Rail for the project, after two contracts awarded in January 2025 for a combined €250 million, according to the company.
Colas Rail has been present in Morocco for more than 17 years and employs about 550 people there. The company says it has completed more than 40 projects in the country. The Kénitra-Marrakech project is to extend southwards the Moroccan high-speed rail network, whose Tangier-Rabat extension is expected to provide a one-hour journey by 2029, according to the announcement published on 12 November.
