HM the King inaugurates Hassan II Bridge, two tramway lines for Rabat-Sale worth $600 mln

Rabat - HM King Mohammed VI inaugurated, on Wednesday, the Hassan II Bridge as well as two tramway lines linking Rabat to Sale for an amount of 4.7 billion dirhams (around $600 mln).

- The tramway project has generated an estimate of 4,000 job openings while under construction and will generate another 1,000 once operational.

- The Sovereign decorates several figures for their contribution to the projects' implementation.


The Hassan II Bridge, worth 1.2 billion dirhams, has a 10-meter headroom and is 12.8 meters high. It is 1,215 meters long and about 46 meters in width.

The bridge includes two walkways, a tramway platform, three car lanes in each direction and cycle tracks.

The Rabat-Sale tramway project, built for 3.5 billion dirhams, has generated an estimate of 4,000 job openings while under construction and will generate another 1,000 once operational.

The current network comprises two routes totalling 19.5 km and 31 stations and a car fleet that meets international standards.

On this occasion, HM the King decorated several figures for their contribution to the projects’ implementation.

Lamghari Essakel, director general of the Bouregreg Valley development agency, was awarded the Wissam of Al Moukafaa Al Watania of the Order of Officer, Marc Mimram, architect of Hassan II Bridge was granted the Alaouite wissam of the Order of Officer, and Nada Kassimi and Loubna Boutaleb, director of the bridge’s building works and delegate director general of the Rabat-Sale tramway company respectively, were given the Wissam of Al Moukafaa Al Watania of the Order of the Knight.

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Yay! Finaly!! About time! Congrats Morocco!

so rabat, algiers, tunis have their tramway and soon casablanca, oran and constantine will have their own tramway.
North africa is doing well (y)

Rabat-Salé Tramway Inauguration (18/05/2011)

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Hassan II Bridge (1 215 m)

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Rabat-Salé Tramway official video

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Finaly, the Beast is launched...
Congrats Rabat ans Salé.

Casablanca is NEXT :cool:

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This picture speaks for itself :applause:

Congrats Morocco!!!!

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YES !
Tramway casa next !

nice.

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TramWay Rabat-Salé - Part One HD

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Bravo!!! god save the king.

I cant wait to see a tramway in Marrakech, that would look so great !
What colour do you the the trams of Marrakech could have ?

I cant wait to see a tramway in Marrakech, that would look so great !
What colour do you the the trams of Marrakech could have ?

Pink:lol:

More like dark red... :yes:

Rabat - Salé tram network launched

The ceremony was attended by local officials, including Lemghari Essaki, Chairman & Managing Director of AAVB, the agency responsible for the Bouregreg Valley development programme, and Loubna Boutaleb, Managing Director of project promoter STRS.

Revenue service will start on May 23, after three days of free rides. Alstom Citadis trams will initially work all 21 stops on Line 1, from Madinat Al Irfane to Hay Karima, and part of Line 2 between Hassan II and Bab Chellah. Services will operate between 07.00 and 21.00 on weekdays and 07.00 and 13.00 on Saturdays, with trams running every 15 to 17 min on Line 1 and every 30 min on Line 2. A single fare will cost 7 dirhams.

The remaining five stops on the 2·5 km section of Line 2 from Bab Chellah to Hôpital Moulay Youssef should open at the end of June. Operator Transdev will then run daily services at 10 min intervals between 06.00 and 23.00. The full fleet of 44 Citadis trams, working as 19 married pairs and six single units, is due to be in service by summer 2011.

The 19·5 km network has cost 3·5bn dirhams to build, financed 50% by AAVB and 50% from European sources. The six-year operation and maintenance contract awarded to Transdev is worth 792m dirhams.

Northern extensions of Line 1 to Avenue des FAR and Line 2 to the Institut Supérieur de Recherche Scientifique are expected to open in 2013. A four-line network is ultimately envisaged.

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Why haven't they put some colorfull lightning on the bridge. It would make it more beautiful.

Hassan II Bridge official video

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Hassan II Tram bridge

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Tramway Rabat-Salé identity (Proposal)

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Why haven't they put some colorfull lightning on the bridge. It would make it more beautiful.

they just opened the bridge, so the work is not finished yet, it's a 10 year huge project all around the bouregreg river, and i think soon they will bring down the old bridge next to this one.

4 minutes inside Rabat Tramway, Morocco

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4 minutes inside Rabat Tramway, Morocco

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Lovely ! :cheers: thanks Opti !