Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Also operated by ONCF, Supratours buses link many destinations to the train network.
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Trains are particularly convenient around Casablanca and Rabat, with services leaving every 30 minutes
between the two cities.
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The overnight Tangier-Marrakesh and Oujda-Casablanca trains have sleeping cars.
Classes
There are two types of train, and the main difference between the two is comfort, rather than speed:
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Rapide
(Train Rapide Climatisé, TCR) - standard for intercity services.
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Ordinaire
(Train Navette Rapide, TNR) - less comfortable, without air-conditioning, apart from the
double-decker TNR Rabat-Casablanca shuttle. Mostly late-night and local services.
Additional information:
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Prices given here are for
rapide
trains (
ordinaire
trains are around 30% cheaper).
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First- and 2nd-class fares are available, with six seats in 1st-class compartments and eight in 2nd class.
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First-class tickets include a reserved seat, while in 2nd class you just sit in an empty seat.
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Second class is more than adequate on short journeys.
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Shuttle services operate regularly between Kenitra, Rabat, Casablanca and Mohammed V International
Airport, and they supplement the
rapide
services on this line.
Costs
Sample 2nd-class fares:
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Casablanca to Marrakesh (Dh90, three hours)
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Rabat to Fez (Dh80, three hours)
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Tangier to Marrakesh (Dh205, 8½ hours)
Additional information:
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All journeys in sleeping cars cost Dh350 in a four-bed couchette, and Dh450/600 for a single/double com-
partment.
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Children aged under four travel free.
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Children between four and 12 years get a discount (normally 50%, less in a few cases including sleeping
cars).
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At weekends travellers get a 25% discount on return trips, or one-way trips longer than 180km, on major-
line trains.
