Africa's FIRST High Speed Train - Morocco's INCREDIBLE 320km/h Al Boraq!

Рет қаралды 7,785

Күн бұрын

A Salam wa Alaikum all, and welcome to my first video from outside of Europe on the channel!
In 2018, Morocco's ONCF, in partnership with Alstom and SNCF, launched Africa's very first high speed train, the Al Boraq! This 320km/h Euroduplex train currently holds the title as the fastest train on the African continent. But is it any good? Find out in this video!
Journey details:
Date of travel - March 2024
Operator - ONCF (Moroccan Railways)
Origin - Tanger Ville
Destination - Casa Voyageurs
Price - 364 MAD/£28.11/€32.89/$35.53
(Fully flexible first class single)
Class of travel - First
Journey time - 2 hours, 12 minutes
Distance - 348km/216 miles
Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video!
Music from EpidemicSound and is used under license.
Follow me on social media:
Twitter: / omtherails
Instagram: / omtherails
Support the channel here: ko-fi.com/omtherails
Link to the Al Boraq menu: www.oncf.ma/en/Al-boraq/Servi...
#alboraq #morocco #africa #tangier #casablanca #tgv #oncf #alstom #tripreport #vlog #trains
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:43 Tanger Ville & Al Boraq Lounge
03:19 The Al Boraq - Africa's Fastest Train!
04:57 Boarding & First Class Interior
05:36 Our Route
06:00 Departure & 320km/h High Speed Running!
07:42 Know Your Seat
09:24 Exiting the High Speed Line & Entering the Moroccan Conventional Lines
10:35 Walkthrough
11:30 Rabat & Something Special!
12:31 Loo Review
12:58 Approaching Casa Voyageurs & Journey Summary
14:26 Arrival & Outro - Thanks for Watching!

Пікірлер: 32

@adamevans1989 Ай бұрын

That moment when Morocco has better high speed rail than the country that invented the railways....

@TheRailwayDrone Ай бұрын

It's laughable, isn't it?

@camotech1314 Ай бұрын

Not surprising, considering how many bad decisions have been made 😂

@BulletNoseBetty Ай бұрын

Hey, come to Canada. We have passenger coaches dating back to 1955. Lots of talk about the need to replace them, but no actual decisions.

@ABTrainsYT Ай бұрын

Most embarrassing 🇬🇧 At least we have HS1…

@simpilotadamt1012 29 күн бұрын

@@camotech1314 amen to that, the railways should never have been privatised

@nazlitechschool Ай бұрын

Morocco´s railway system is only going to get even better.

@MK-qm9jt Ай бұрын

Morocco is getting impressive their infrastructure has improved dramatically and getting very close to European standards, it’s sad to realise UK Canada and America are somehow unable to build a proper high speed train. Well done Morocco keep going

@TheRailwayDrone Ай бұрын

Are you listening, America? Africa will have TWO high speed railways soon.

@ABTrainsYT Ай бұрын

What about the UK? We have only one high speed line and that’s HS1 which goes from London to Ashford, Kent but does carry on toward the Channel Tunnel to France, Belgium and The Netherlands. HS2 is currently being built but because of ridiculously high costs it’s only going as far as Birmingham meaning if the trains were to carry on up north to likes of northern England, Scotland or Wales if the line to Holyhead, Ynys Môn gets electrified it would have to go via ‘classic’ lines.

@TheRailwayDrone Ай бұрын

@@ABTrainsYT Yeah I have been following HS2 as well as American high speed rail projects. I have taken Eurostar multiple times and it's hard for me to say "at least you HAVE a high speed railway" because only a 109-kilometer segment is actually in the UK. It's almost like Amtrak Acela on the Northeast Corridor where it only travels "high speed" on certain segments. I was really hoping HS2 would travel to Liverpool but alas, I have no say in your country's political machinations.

@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo2656 Ай бұрын

Good video, subscribed

@ginocardarilli1766 18 күн бұрын

Great Video 🙂 Interesting to see high speed train in Africa... We hope one day we can ride it....👍

@anassadqane2753 Ай бұрын

I hope that Morocco will be linked to Europe through a sea tunnel through Gibraltar, as well as that a high-speed railway line will be established with southern Morocco and linked to Mauritania all the way to Senegal. Morocco is developing rapidly and everyone is welcome in Morocco 🇲🇦

@B-A-L Ай бұрын

That'll save all the illegal immigrants flooding into Europe from getting their feet wet!

@amaraltanger 29 күн бұрын

No no no lo queremos

@DimasFajar-ns4vb Ай бұрын

peace be upon you sir

@tingistangis5079 Ай бұрын

👍

@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo2656 Ай бұрын

Come to Spain and review some trains, like the AVE S106 or the Extremadura Alvia S730

@OMtheRails Ай бұрын

I already have some Spanish videos with more planned - the S106 is already filmed and will be coming soon!

@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo2656 Ай бұрын

@@OMtheRails ok, so many thanks. Please release its video

@Zuuu40 29 күн бұрын

Subtitles isn't on

@ExplorebyRail Ай бұрын

A little offtopic, but: Your ko-fi Link in the description is missing a hyphen and doesn't work therefore :D

@OMtheRails Ай бұрын

Many thanks for letting me know - fixed now!

@tonys1636 Ай бұрын

Two minutes late is considered on time in many countries, they don't collate figures below 3 minutes. Who would visit a Muslim country during Ramadan, if I can't eat a snack every 3 hours and have an Espresso or a Turkish minus sugar I start to feel feint. Taking food with one is not a good idea without a cool box, missing out on local cuisine is a shame.

@fa5234 Ай бұрын

There's food everywhere for non muslim & tourists

@OMtheRails Ай бұрын

As mentioned below not all outlets are closed, particularly in the city centres there was certainly plenty to eat. As I mentioned in the video too, I am Muslim myself and was fasting during my visit. It is a great to experience the culture in Muslim countries during Ramadan!

@tonys1636 Ай бұрын

@@OMtheRails One travels not only for the culture but the local cuisine as well, one can get McDonald's almost anywhere, if one likes unhealthy food. My biggest problem with food anywhere is being on an added Sodium free diet for the past ten years, some Chefs just don't get it when asked to omit the salt, some have gone into a Gordon Ramsey type rage! Food tastes just as good, sometimes better without added salt. I do miss some foods though.

@OMtheRails Ай бұрын

@@tonys1636 100%, in the centre of all the cities I went to, there were plenty of Moroccan food places open during my visit in the day (though I ate only at night). Really can't beat the local cuisine, it's fantastic!