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South Korea is moving to strengthen its presence on the African continent through an initiative to export railway trains to the Kingdom of Morocco with a total value of up to 5 trillion Korean won (equivalent to 3.62 billion US dollars).
The Korean Yonhap News Agency reported that the Korean Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Park Sang-woo, made an official visit to Morocco, the day before yesterday, Thursday, with the aim of supporting his country’s efforts to export these trains.
During the visit, important meetings were held with the Moroccan Minister of Transport, Mohamed Abdel Jalil, and the Director-General of the National Railways Office, Mohamed Rabih Al-Khelai, where opportunities for enhancing bilateral cooperation in the field of railways and ways to support the participation of Korean companies in Moroccan projects related to the modernization and expansion of the train network were discussed.
This ambition comes in light of the successes achieved by Morocco in the transportation sector, as it is the first in Africa to launch the Buraq train, a high-speed train linking Tangier and Casablanca, in November 2018.
The Kingdom is currently planning to purchase 904 train cars worth 3.52 billion euros, in a project that is expected to witness fierce competition with the participation of companies from Korea, Spain, France and China.
The railway network in Morocco extends over a length of 2,067 kilometers and consists of main lines linking the main cities in Morocco, such as Tangier, Rabat, Marrakesh, and Fez, and branch lines linking small cities and towns to the main centers.
Most of the railway lines in Morocco are operated by electric trains, and the first railway line built in Morocco was between the city of Fez and the port of Mers-El-Kebir in 1911, and the railways were nationalized in 1968.
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