I took Africa’s First Ever HIGH-SPEED TRAIN...
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- čas přidán 6. 12. 2022
- Time to ride the Al Boraq - it's Africa's INCREDIBLE high-speed train capable of 320km/h (200mph)! Join me for an awesome trip on Morocco's finest railway line.
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Journey Details:
Origin: Tanger-Ville
Destination: Casa-Voyageurs
Company: Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF)
Train: ONCF RGV 2N2 'Al Boraq'
Accommodation: First Class Seat (1st)
Distance: 322km / 200 miles
Price: 437 DH (£35.30 / €42.00 / $42.50)
Time: 2h10m, -2 minutes early
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I went to Morocco last summer and I've got to say, the trains were better than in the UK. Yeah they were older and more crowded but the tickets were dirt cheap (for me at least, not sure about how expensive it is for locals) and were also electric, which is something the UK has actually regressed on since electric trains were invented. In the UK trains are so absurdly expensive that it's cheaper to fly to Scotland than get the train there, which is bollocks. And the Moroccan trains really weren't that bad on the inside, it was a squeeze but it wasn't that unpleasant though I did have to stand for a bit since an old woman was on my seat (same thing happens in England too). I wish Morocco all the best, shame they didn't win the world cup, I was rooting for them against the French every minute.
You went to Morocco last summer and not to "Africa"... While I know very well on which continent Morocco is located, I would not usually refer to Morocco as Africa.. By Africa we usually mean Sub-Saharan African countries. The same way you will not refer to Egyptian or Moroccan or Tunisian food as African food.
@@elladapetrosyan9610 The video is about Morocco though...
@@sonwig5186 I realise that. But the title is I took Africa's Ever HIGH SPEED TRAIN. I realise that that's where Morocco is. I can place all the 54 countries on a blank map of Africa. But I live in Kinshasa and was expecting to see a country like Kenya in a video with such a title. Likewise, will rarely refer to Egypt as Africa. Here in DRC we will almost never closely watch the progress and even compete with Morocco and Egypt, we will rather refer to development and progress made by Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana or Kenya or Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, etc. and even South Africa. Not that we hate Morocco etc. but bcs due to their geographic location and history these countries are developing very differently from the "black" Africa.
@@elladapetrosyan9610 Yeah, I also thought the video title was a little misleading. I hope that soon sub-saharan Africa can get trains like this too.
@@elladapetrosyan9610 Oh sorry for inconveniencing you . We will put Morocco on another continent ASAP . 😑
كل الحب للمغرب والمغاربة من مصر 🥰🥰
حبيبي إحنا واحد.
و كل الحب و الاحترام للشعب المصري الاصيل ولمصر ام الدنيا من اخوانكم المغاربة و من بلدكم الثاني المغرب
مصر 😘😘
Brothers 😊
@@Cinematiccollage897That’s what russians said about ukrain 😂
Morocco is lifting the image of Africa, with it's football and modern means.
Most important is the quality of the people. Above all. Who cares about football and good trains?
@@grip2617 public transportation is just as important as the people, especially trains
Don't forget drugs and sex tourism
They lastly even got 4th place in last year's FIFA World Cup held in Qatar!
@@grip2617 Good infrastructures are essential for a well functioning society. I don't know how you are supposed to evaluate "people's quality"... Quality for what?
I'm from Germany I've visited Morocco 3 times very nice and the people are friendly I love the country one day I'll emigrate and live there forever.
Youuuu welcome 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦😀😀😀😀
We love the sun and the light, the clouds and the gray sky we don't like, it excites our nerves and our mood 😤🌞🤗
Did you go to titwan
Herzlich willkomer bruder von Marokko
Its your Home
Welcome to Morocco
Everything looked really modern, nice and cared about! Morocco knows what it’s doing! Hopefully more nations around the world will one day get such luxury as High Speed Trains! Greetings from Serbia 🇷🇸!
Thank you for the compliment, we wish every country the best, greetings from morocco
Greeting from morocco , welcome to serbian in our country
That's why Spain is full of Moroccan citizens.....
@@pakitoxperia well, it is like taking back Al Andalus, without the Muslims Spain would have not been the same as you know it, mabey you have some Moroccan in you, either you like it or not
@@azarif3581 Andalucia is Spain 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
You got to love that Morocco has a high speed train years before the U.S.
That's why Africa leans towards China, they built infrastructure in the continent, the West gave unplayable loans!
@@James-Campbell true
The US have very fast V8 engine cars promoted by petrol companies. Electric vehicles, not need... nah.. lol
The US has rampant lobbying by automakers which makes it almost impossible to pass the necessary funding for a real high speed line
@@coopa2002 true as well
Morocco train stations are just ♥️♥️ I love it and I love how they are showing there culture in every expect love from India Morocco 🇲🇦🇮🇳♥️
I agree, they all have really nice character.
Bienvenido a Marruecos ❤🇲🇦
@@SuperalbsTravels may I ask why when you pronounce words like Rabat to ghabat and mohammed to muchammad. I thought your English and I never heard true English native pronounce the letter h as ch. Are you Jewish ✡️
Love from Morocco 🇲🇦🙏
It is so unbelievable why there are so many Moroccans flooding Europe. The benefit is of course less crowded jails.
When I saw this title, I knew this had to be Morocco 🇲🇦 !!! It’s beautiful always including some Moroccan artistic design.
It really was a beautiful experience thanks to the design. :)
It's nice to be modern but important to always keep traditions....thx for the comment and hope u will have opportunity to visit our magical country....same schedule at least hhhhh
Well done Morocco! We in Egypt are also building our own high speed train. We can learn from them.
Oh, yeah Siemens builds the Velaro trains then the Desiro HC, and Vectron locomotives = ca. 175 tot.!
well one from Durban - ZA
God bless Egypt they love morocco and we love them more ❤
@@mannya4120 Thanks for the lovely comment :-)
I’m moroccan and travelled to Egypt. I went to see the pyramids and when they knew I was moroccan they made me pay the local price and not the tourist price. I will always be grateful towards egyptians.
Morocco is such an underrated country in Africa. The infratructure is great and the sceneries are fantastic!
Such a beautiful country. Congrats on such amazing progress. Greetings from Pakistan 🇵🇰💚
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🇮🇳hey son
Most impressive. My only trip to Morocco was on Inter-Rail in 1986! It took about 5-6 hours for this journey. I got to Marrakech and got chatting to a friendly student who invited me to his house to sample some almond pastries, where his dad and friends were watching Serie A on TV. Appropriate timing for this video as Morocco become the first African nation to reach the World Cup semi finals. The stations and trains have changed out of all recognition. It was clearly sensible to buy tried and tested French TGV technology, and I wish the seats on our new UK Intercity trains were as comfortable as those shown here! All in all, a huge transformation of the country in the last 35 years, so kudos to Morocco.
Welcome back Ian .
Also in 1986 Morocco become the first African nation to reach the World Cup round of 16 lol
That's because since 1999 Morocco knew a nice economical development even without ressources like oil or gas they managed to diversify their economy, they went from mainly exporting food, cheap phosphate to having Cars as it's top export as the biggest car exporter in Africa with a very high integration rate with like 70% of all components made in Morocco, and now rivaling Romania and Hungary . ggz to them, they could've developed more exponancially if this economical crisis didn't happen, even these past 10 years it changed imensely, I'm always amazed by the change when i get the chance to go there, some places are as modern as western Europe and others sadly still lag behind, but they have the will, hope for a better future for Morocco.
@@Yanzdorloph Thanks, that's very interesting. I had wondered what was supporting Morocco's economy so that they could afford all the infrastructure - without even the aid of EU loans or grants! They seem to have done a lot better than some other countries which on paper have greater resources but have wasted them through inefficiency or corruption.
@@iankemp1131 I mean, the European Union kinda helps too in very big projects, for example this TGV thing, 50% of it was financed by a loan probably wth low interests from the EU(Morocco does these projects for a lot cheaper than the same stuff in Europe, this TGV thing was built from scratch for only 2billions Euros, can't even link 20km places with trains in the Uk for 2Billions). and so were the solar energy farm the biggest in the world, and so will the pipeline between Morocco and Nigeria, billions from the project will probably be financed by loans from the EU.
Congrats Morocco! Moroccons really improving the Image of Africa!❤ Best of luck for the future. Love from India ❤
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@@meb5205 🇲🇦 ❤️ 🇮🇳
I'm working in moroccan railways office welcome to morocco 🇲🇦 🙌
Oh nice, thank you! :)
I appreciate the absence of the airport-style security and boarding system that so many newer high-speed railways have been adopting. And the stations look nice, for all that they're very modern.
They're removing airport like security? A terrorist bombing waiting to happen, mark my words
Yeah, kinda of annoying like they did in China & Laos.
WARLORD
I absolutely agree and think that this absence is a fundamental competitive advantage over air travel. What I as a German train traveler still don't get are those boarding times! Why would anyone need to board a train more than 5 to 10 minutes before departure? If I only have to be at the station only very few minutes before departure, it reduces my overall travel time greatly!
Indeed, if boarding gets as annoying as boarding a plane, I'll rather take a plane...
And the most ridiculous part of the new boarding gates is that during your trip you may have them at one of the station but still have the old, gate-free system at the other station. Proving that the old system still works and the new one is just pointless Orwellianization in progress.
I am from Morocco, and I am proud of my country. People here are very hospitable. Welcome all.
Agreed, it's an interesting place and the people were lovely!
@@SuperalbsTravels the people are lovely as long as you don't express a different opinion lol
@@mohamedsakhiri6583 that's ur opinion as a hateful Algerian 😘
@@ibtissambargass4518 👍
In the Netherlands, most crimes are commited by Morrocans. Terrible people. Abusing European hospitality. There are so many minorities here, Morrocans are the worst.
Not only Morocco is developing in railways but olso developing in roads, motorways, bridges and so on. I thinks in next 20 years or less we will be there with European elite
It's definitely progressing fast, good to see! :)
I study in France in a school with a specialization around cars, planes and trains, and the student that specialize around trains often go to Morocco for their internships, and they all fell in love with the country and always talk about all the progress they made in such a short time for their high speed system
Thank You for the video ,Morocco is one of the most growing countries in africa .well done morocco
Dieser Zug macht mir Lust auf das Reisen durch Marokko. Es ist gut dargestellt, informativ und interessant. Und es zeigt die Vielfalt in Marokko; sei es landschaftlich, kulturell und wirtschaftlich.
Eine weiter Strecke ist geplannt: Casablanca-Marakesch-Agadir...
Beautiful train and journey. Visited Morocco 10 years ago, it is a very very nice country and super safe
Morocco is a very nice country to visit, specially as a french as they speak french quite well. Very impressive feat, Morocco is in a good track.
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
@@utopiatech4546 I don't want to politicize this comment section, from what I felt, moroccans are very attached to the Sahara part. And we as old colonizers shouldn't say what's true or wrong, the europeans have commited many wrongs and created borders that did not exist, example Algeria in it's actual territory is clearly a french invention (too big) as it was meant to stay as a part of France. So the Sahara is a complicated topic too, but it seems that there is advancemnt done as part of UN mission let s hope everyone is content with the autonomy plan
@@utopiatech4546 Morocco is still colonized by a clown of "King". 🤷🏻♂️
@@LUDKR1 the Moroccoan government has agreed for the self determination in western Sahara 🇪🇭
Morocco is still on by bucket list, but not as business trip, I was there once, I would like to have at least 10 days but don't know which city I would visit first...
Beautiful Morocco 🇲🇦😍👍
As a Moroccan, it makes me happy you liked the Boraq train! The fastest train I tried was the Maglev train from Shanghai Pudong Airport (431km/h).
I tried the Maglev train 2000 in Berlin as a Student.
Thanks for watching, it's a great service!
@@omarmiftah9002 That's interesting, how fast did it go?
@@zak_258 it was devolloped in Berlin. and china bought the Project. the same Train and the same vitesse. my uni Professor was the Project Chef.
@@zak_258 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transrapid-Versuchsanlage_Emsland
Very impressive ♥️♥️🇮🇳♥️ 🇲🇦
I am glad you covered my country fast train system, Morocco is working to extend the system to key cities in Morocco like Fez and Marrakesh. Just this current train between Casablanca and Tangier cutted the travel time by half and really developed the economic status for a lot of workers and entrepreneurs. It's one of Morocco's adchivememt that I as a Moroccan am proud of. (Especially since I advocate for public transport and love Trains) we still got a long way to go tho xD!
Best of luck for upgrading the railway, I can't wait to come back for more. :)
@@SuperalbsTravels thanks man! Best luck for you too, keep doing your amazing work ♥️
Most impressive. My only trip to Morocco was on Inter-Rail in 1986! It took about 5-6 hours for this journey. I got to Marrakech and got chatting to a friendly student who invited me to his house to sample some almond pastries, where his dad and friends were watching Serie A on TV. Appropriate timing for this video as Morocco becomes the first African nation to reach the World Cup semi finals. The stations and trains have changed out of all recognition. It was clearly sensible to buy tried and tested French TGV technology, and I wish the seats on our new UK Intercity trains were as comfortable as those shown here! Kudos to Morocco for achieving such a transformation over the last 35 years, indeed something you can be proud of.
تبارك الله
@@Moroccan_Dude شكرا ♥️
모로코 진짜 아름다운 나라
한번 가보고 싶다 👌
Bienvenue 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
I'm impressed with how much knowledge of the Moroccan history you've shown during your trip
Morocco = Africa Pride !
Thank you for the warm comments ❤️🇲🇦❤️ dima Maghreb
My pleasure 😊
Great well informed video as always . Coincidence that I was watching it while eating raspberries.... from Morocco!
Thanks! I told you they had a lot of agriculture.
😂 What a timing!
I am lucky to travel with the German ICE regularly from cologne to Frankfurt. Hitting the 300km/hr is something I look forward to every week and it fascinates me everytime when I see trucks on the nearby highway at 100km/hr looking almost like their standing still compared to the high-speed train.
I took DB ICE for the first time from Munich to Berlin. It was literally a mind blowing, and life changing experience lol We blasted by the autobahn going 230km/h and it was really cool! Most trains in Europe are pretty quick and it’s completely different to our measly slow snails in Canada and America.
This obvs posh and very high end - but can regular people afford it? I see literacy in Morocco is lower than 75% - it doesn't seem like a society that is committed to raising everyone's standard of living - just dedicating resources and catering to the rich. I'm sorry - maybe it's just me. It does look cool and the video is well done.
those trucks are going 90 kmh max
@@austriankangaroo Alice Springs has an operating train station, road trains too! Österreich ?
@@lucasrem yes, österreich
Great video as always! Also perfect timing as Morocco is shocking the world in the football world cup
Pakistani akhir pakar lie tereko Bhai Tum log har jagah nil jaate ho 🤣 aur Bhai Kya Haal hai pakistan ka?
I arrived to Tanger with the TGV shortly before they won against Spain. They became very euphoric and the masses lost control. It was interesting to witness it. That time a young woman was working in the Cafeteria and she was watching the match under the table
Long live Morocco 🇲🇦🙏
Yes I like it :)
Thank you for sharing this with the world, a lot of people think that Morocco is a poor and unmodern country based on the fact that it's located in Africa. indeed some areas still need work but overall Morocco is definitely your African destination if you want a great mixture of modern and traditional, especially Marrakech , Rabat , Chefchaouen and Tanger. Not to mention its citizens' hospitality, it's definitely known for its friendly , generous and kind people. I personally believe it got the best people in the world , full of passion and patriotism, it was well demonstrated in the world cup as Morocco's crowd was the largest and most impressive among all even tho there was bigger and stronger teams playing with history in football, Morocco's people solidarity, passion , and union was well represented. the "morocco this way, airport this way" video of moroccan fans showing themselves the way to the airport after they lost to croatia still gets me lmao truly best people.
Also as you said you can get various items at a pretty cheap price, which makes it lots more fun as you're saving up some money ig.ITS FOOD IS ALSO AMAZING. i hope more people get to visit Morocco, it is a wonderful country
Nice to see progress in countries like Morocco here. What is really standing out is ticket prices. Prices made affordable for most of the population.
It's because we have a lot of energy from the biggest solar panel farm in the world you know...
@@blend3461 actually I watched documentary about it . By the way I was supporting your football team. Great achievement. I'm from Poland.
@@MrKris1965 i love you me ❤🇲🇦❤
Thank you for publicizing the Morocco in a beautiful way
Interesting to see how Morocco approaches the concept of HSR differently from Japan (i.e. boarding, seating, open air rather than a half or full roof at the station terminal). Welcome to the club, and what a refreshing landscape to view at 320km/h on the ground!
First of all, my friend, thank you for this video on Morocco 🇲🇦 I consider myself Moroccan 🇲🇦. As for the city of Rabat, it is a very old city, and French colonialism 🇫🇷 came only to protect Morocco 🇲🇦 and not to colonize it like other neighboring countries 🇩🇿🇹🇳
I definitely enjoyed watching your video with all the details and welcome to Morocco 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
Thank you!!
I took that train from Tangier to Rabat, loved it
Since long, Morocco's railway has been the "most European of all the African networks", you can find the same trains there that also run in France, Belgium or Italy. So it's no wonder it's now Africa's fastest by far, certainly a remarkable achievement.
I haven't been there yet, even though Morocco is (or was) included in Interrail (and so it became an exotic end destination for a number of European travellers). Perhaps I'm going to wait a few more years, if the network gets expanded as shown that would be exciting. (There are even plans for an undersea connection to Spain ...)
I have taken the Meglev train from Shanghai's Pudong airport to the city, and it reaches 420km per hour. It's interesting to experience the train from the opposite direction passing you on the track next to you. It was quicker than a blink and a light shake. When I told my wife that a train just passed by, going the opposite direction, she asked incredulously, "what train?" 😂
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
Only a short ride....
@@jefdepijper4550 the construction cost was too high, so it's done to show the feasibility of such technology. Once better or cheaper technology becomes available, wholesale adoption could occur. They are learning a lot from this 20 min experimental train ride.
@@utopiatech4546 There is a country called Algeria that struggles in food and water crises yet still spend a ton of money against Morocco. Nowhere on the planet such inferiority complex exists, the funny thing is you are still trying despite half a century of failure. Let me remind you of the quarter million died in Algeria in a ten years long brutal civil war caused by elections, yet, Algerian claim they support self determination rights while ignoring Kabyle. Kabyle deserves independence instead of a genocidal military junta that can’t even provide milk to its citizens. Cry more!
@@pre-regi1stration هوهوهوهوهوهو فين ألكر ديالك يا زعيترة
I would love to visit Morocco and take this bullet train thanks for sharing
I am well impressed by your correct use of the Arabic script and attempt at pronunciation. Although not perfect, the attempt is laudable! These things are often not expected on the English speaking internet, so this was a happy exception. And, to be honest, the Moroccan-Arabic dialect is a challenge upon it own.
Concerning the fastest train taken, my experience is limited to the Rotterdam-Paris Thalys service.
I agree / Met je eens.
I find that when westerners learn Arabic in the east, they keep a very thick accent and a slow way of speaking, but when the ones who learn Moroccan dialect when they get good at it they speak it like the locals
@@Yanzdorloph Yes because learning a standardized official language is often for economic reasons, while learning regional languages and dialects is all about you loving and understanding a culture and its people
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
@@utopiatech4546 you sound desperate.
Same goes for my city's main station, Kraków Główny. A heritage building served as this station's cash desks until 2014, when they moved from Jan Nowak-Jeziorański Square to Bosacka Street (but the main entrance is from Aleksander Lubomirski street (near roundabout). It's an elevated station, on viaduct.
The fastest trains I was on were in mainland China. 350km/h between Guilin North and Shenzhen North. Beautiful landscape, so many mountains. And the Maglev in Shanghai went 430 km/h, but that was a very short ride, just from the airport to the city.
Africa is growing ♥️♥️ we love you Africa without Africa world can't grow love from India 🇮🇳♥️🇲🇦
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morocco killing it
Excellent video again from you. The journey and train looks very good & well worth the trip. You sold it very well.
i love how you can eat and look over the outside platforms. All station should be like this
Bravo le 🇲🇦
I respect the fact that they at least ordered the train from France and then chose a specific name for it, it’s like the French TGV exactly
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
@@utopiatech4546 صافي ا زبي حمقتينا فكرنا
Our TGV is from Japan 😂 nothing to do with France
@@kkkkmee1750 Then the onces here too are from Japan, because they’re all the same the only different is the colour
What a fantastic video.
Subscribed as well.
Keep it up.
Great train journey I travel this route on a weekly basis and never get bored of it.
Another great video! Really enjoyed it and it is so wonderful to see such brilliant station and facilities as well as the HS train as well. Thanks and kudos on some solid Arabic pronunciation 😊✌️👏
Thanks for the compliments. :)
@@SuperalbsTravels You’re most welcome
This is very cool, it’s wonderful to see the world of trains
I agree, I love travelling on trains in different countries. :)
The sound added on the zoom out and in around 5:00 are a great touch. Great video overall, subbed
I remember the old station in Tangiers from back in the 80’s. No high speed trains back then. Morocco has come a long way.
Yeah, but we didn't have them either!
Watching from the USA, I can put yet another entry on my list of nations we are inferior to...sigh.
Moroccans at first were very opposed to that project, but later were convinced of it's utility
that is true, it is a hefty investment money wise. But it is a good sign to get investors in though, the more modern a country and stable is, the easier the money flows becomes.
Thanks for this video and welcome any time I wish you enjoyed .and welcome any time to Rabat.
Thank you friend!
I used it few time from tanger to Rabat 2nd class no much difference from 1st class i love it.
True, there's not as much room, but still pretty good.
The map is not correct though ...the sahara is moroccan.
Casablanca has two railway stations for Al Boraq.
One is at the port.
The TGV line will be extended to the Airport Casablanca Mohammed V.
I got to start semi-regular travel on German ICE trains last month, and coming from North America I'm still very impressed!
Awesome, I am a big fan of the ICE too. :)
YES Morocco and Egypt is in Africa. Thanks for video. Can't wait to try this
Thanks for watching, hope you have a good trip!
i bless the trains down in africa
Diiiima Maghreb (Always Morocco) 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
As a Moroccan believe me , 450dh for a flexible aaand first place is sometimes cheaper than taking regular public transit, we have our issues like all the countries but when it comes to transportation infrastructure we have it under control 🇲🇦🇲🇦👍🏽.
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
both, the train and the station are looking very nice.
What I like about this is how this high-speed railway makes a lot of sense to be exactly where it is, and to be high-speed. Unlike many other cases where having a high-speed railway is more about having it than about it actually making sense.
Of course traveling on the Moroccan high speed train 'alboraq' could be an unforgettable experience, the same if you're traveling in car or riding an adventure motorcycle 🏍 thus the pleasure will be far more exciting reaching the many tourist destinations and attractions around the country particularly in summertime where beaches 🏖 along the coasts are fully crowded with people 🏝🏕🌄🌞
unfortunately peope in America and europe think all Africans an middle east people still live in the desert with camels with no cars no buildings no wifi just the desert and that is completely wrong just write morocco on youtube and see the truth, of course, we do not have the best technology and cities in the world but we have big hearts just say i lost my money and i do not have a place to stay in and you will find everyone seeking to help u and take care of u for free without asking u who u are no one is talking about the Arabic generosity u have to see it then judge and do not believe media, especially Holywood movies they are just liars and they fake everything for their own good thanks to this channel to show my country as it is that is something i really appreciate ..for people who don't know arabic alborak is horse with wings that can travel with light speed
Wooooow it's so Stunning I love it so much ❤️
Speechless!
As here in Europe, UK and USA everything is going down the drain through years of bad management and greed, the former much derided poorer countries are rising. Well done Morocco.
Actually they bought a train (i don't remember how many) built by a French company...
Haha funny I just used this train today for the first time, only until Kenitra though, switched there to the Atlas to Meknes. Lovely train and the station is amazing! Also buying the ticket at the desk went very quick!
I'm not sure if this was my fastest ride ever or some TGV or Freccia Rossa or ICE...
Tangier to Kenitra? 😂
If so, that's the high-speed section, goes just as fast as any European high-speed train.
@@SuperalbsTravels Max I saw on the screen was 296, but was mainly looking out of the window 😁 will check the buffet on the way back!
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
@@utopiatech4546 ?? fkin loser
@@utopiatech4546western sahara is and will always be moroccan inshallah.
I went on an Interrail journey in 2017 (Sweden to Spain and back again) and I rode the ICE in Germany, TGV in France and AVE and Avant in Spain. The AVE was the fastest, reaching 325 km/h during my journey.
I’d love to visit Morocco in the future and travel by train. 🌞
Very beautiful video, thank you
Thanks! :)
I have travelled on the Tianjin to Beijing (and return) highspeed train at 347kph (216mph) - 30 minutes each way.
These train stations are much better than the ones we have here in the States.
Yeah some of the stations out in the USA can be a little bit dodgy... :/
Great trip. Finally you try this train.
Yes, glad to have done it. Thanks! :)
By the way, to clear an information mentioned that Rabat the capital city for the Moroccan dynasty in 12 Century! You can look it up! That was rich culturally and civilized back then when France wasn’t even born yet!😅😊
France was born in the 7th century.
Civilized my ass, all Morroco did was enslaving everything that moved, making tribal wars for millenials and then were surprised to be fucked by countries who actually developed a civilization.
@@mrsupremegascon Andalusia?
Just this past summer I took the same trip, which provided me the pleasure of traveling High Speed rail now on 3 Continents. I only wish you would have added the Casa Voyageurs station tour in Casablanca. Otherwise a great presentation.
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
@@utopiatech4546 What you say is *TRUE.* It is important to note that Spain Colonized the area in 1884, and abandoned it in 1976, when Spain's General Franco - on his deathbed - signed a secret agreement which handed over the territory to Morocco and Mauritania. This agreement was illegal per the UN. But supported by both France and Spain in their hopes to maintain colonization of Africa.
In many ways, the Europeans still Colonize Africa. I am confident that Moulay Hassan will, when he takes the throne, create a relationship with Western Sahara much like Malaysia did with Sarawak - where they are officially granted self-government as a Federation _with_ Morocco. Although Moulay may not rule for some time, I think he understands that if any part of Africa remains even partially Colonized, then all Africa remains Colonized.
@@utopiatech4546 Only your cerveau his colonial
Very nice and informative video...i love high speed trains..thanks a lot subscribed and liked 👍☺️
Thanks for the sub! I'll have more videos on high-speed trains out soon! ☺
@@SuperalbsTravels But your title is a bit of a clickbait and manipulation. By Africa people usually mean sub-Saharan Africa. The same way you will never open a Moroccan or Egyptian or Tunisian restaurant and call it "African restaurant" or "African food".
Beautiful reportage, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Welcome to Morocco 🇲🇦
Thank you!! :)
Last time in Morocco (just before lockdown) I was in a van so didn't get to try the new trains, but a decade or so ago I did take the old French style classic train hauled by the lovely 'Nez Cassé' locos. A few weeks later I was on the infamous Mauritanian iron ore train which way definitely one of the more interesting train rides I've taken!
Yeah I remember that train 💀 I underestimated how much dust there would be and my lungs felt screwed for about a week
@@Aleksandr68351 ha! I was lucky and managed to get in the passenger coach. But I'm glad I thought to wrap a t-shirt around my head for the pick-up truck ride from Choum to Atar.
Morocco is still occupied western Sahara 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭
@@utopiatech4546 تنبح كالكلب
في جميع التعاليق و لا اجنبي واحد رد عليك
@@zaid97 ونتا لاش مشيتي تقلب على التعليقات إذن نتا واحد من الذباب الالكتروني
Very nice video sir.
Thanks.
Thank you! :)
Morocco is very beautiful
That is quite funny to see some people think that there is no development in African countries, I am Moroccan and Lebanese and I can tell you that the level of development has grown quite a lot, with the level of living of course but also growing inequalities.
Love morroco from your brother nation 🇮🇳♥️🇲🇦
Moroccans love Indians.
Beautiful Morocco 😍😍❤💚
I have travelled twice from Saarbrucken to Paris Est, the last time being September 2023. On both occasions it was on a TGV/ICE high speed train. It too reached 320km/hr
The only Tgv in Africa
Yes, isn't it incredible? :)
Wow! Just wow! 🇹🇿🇹🇿🇹🇿
i like how you try to do a good job with the local town names and orthography in your videos
Great job!
Thank you! ☺
Seeing my good old TGV interior, but with those beautiful african landscape feels great ! Feels like France and Morocco are connected by a railline above the mediteranean sea. :D
The drivers and engineers were all trained by the SNCF that was very involved in this TGV in Morocco and basicaly managed it for the first year. there was plans to build another line between Marakesh and Agadir then link Marakesh with casablanca, with the goal to link all Moroccan cities with a TGV line, it was a whole elaborated plane and calender with planed finaces and all the boring stuff, but as you know, Morocco and France had a falling out, and the contracts were canceled. Thx God they signed a contract with Korea Rail Network Authority few months ago, works hopefuly starting soon
That's interesting, I wonder if we will see Korean-built trains in Morocco soon...
@@Yanzdorloph korea huh? interesting. . . they got a nice hsr system but thats a random connection
@@ciello___8307 Not really, Morocco after the contract with france got canceled, made an "appele d'offre" (idk what in english, maybe call for bids?) and 2 companies answered Chinese railways and Korean railways, both want to take on the project, at the end they went with Korean company instead of chinese one. + both korea and china are trying to make their railways companies build high speed trains for other countries Europe included.
@@Yanzdorloph They can give a TGV to China so they can copy it.