Casablanca Metro Explained

The Casablanca Metro was a public transport project dating from the 1970s[1] in Casablanca, Morocco. It was designed to address the need for public transport in Casablanca, which suffers from traffic congestion caused by the city's growth.[2] The project was abandoned and then reopened several times, most recently in 2013, when the city announced that it will build a 15-kilometer long metro line above ground, connecting the city's Sidi Moumen neighbourhood with the Boulevard de la Corniche near the Hassan II Mosque.[3] [4] However, on June 30, 2014, the Casablanca city council decided to abandon the metro project due to high costs; instead, the city will focus on expanding its existing tram lines.[5]

History

Formally launched in the 1980s, the project has never been continued due to geographical reasons. A lot of alternatives were presented and accepted, like the combination of the Casablanca tramway and RER system, which is designed to offer coverage similar to the planned metro system.

References

  1. Web site: Le métro fantôme de Casablanca disparaît de nouveau…au profit du Tramway . The ghost metro of Casablanca disappears again... for the benefit of the tramway . Merouane . Korso . Maghreb Emergent . French . 7 July 2014 . 24 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151125051333/http://maghrebemergent.com/actualite/maghrebine/item/38911-le-metro-fantome-de-casablanca-disparait-de-nouveau-au-profit-du-tramway.html# . 2015-11-25 . dead .
  2. Web site: Maroc : le métro de Casablanca tombe à l'eau... . Morocco: The Casablanca Metro falls overboard... . Assanatou . Baldé . Afrik.com . French . 4 July 2014 . 24 November 2015.
  3. Web site: Casablanca scraps metro plan in favour of trams . 6 August 2014 . International Railway Journal . 23 November 2015 . Keith. Barrow .
  4. Web site: Un métro aérien pour Casablanca . An elevated metro for Casablanca . 26 August 2013 . Le Figaro . 23 November 2015 . French.
  5. Web site: Le tram, mais pas de métro aérien à Casablanca . Tram yes, but no elevated metro in Casablanca . 3 July 2014 . Le Figaro . 23 November 2015 . French.

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