Africa Needs More Railways Like THIS! Morocco's First High-Speed Train Surprised Me

[@simomimo-t4u]

Worth noting that the low occupancy is because the video was taken around fast breaking time. Usually Al Boraq is much busier than this. Almost everytime I'ev taken it, it was at near capacity.

[@slowmotion3542]

Liar... again a jealous algerian karghlistan😂😂😂

[@monkeydonkeybonkey1608]

Interesting how much the train station at the start resembles an airport! Good on Morocco for having such nice infrastructure 👍

[@tarikrafiki1790]

You are moroccan ahaha :D

[@GabrielsdevR]

@@tarikrafiki1790 it's a honest person you mean...

[@nazlitechschool]

Morocco is an awesome destination, and the Morocco railway video is excellent. I heard more high-speed trains will be introduced in Morocco very soon.

[@Miss_hello64]

Beautiful and modern country ❤️🇲🇦❤️

[@clasheurindependent9547]

Thank you for this wonderful video. You have addressed the issue of rail transport in Morocco with all professionalism. This helps tourists who want to travel by train and also gives a positive outlook on the infrastructure in Morocco, which is developing very quickly.

[@mohamedkazefaa3551]

تحيه للاشقاء 🇪🇬❤🇲🇦

[@jalilvj1149]

🇲🇦♥️🇪🇬

[@michaelhall8586]

Beautiful train

[@hannibalmugen]

Beautiful country. The train station looks like an airport Nice video Simon and very instructive, Thank you

[@kevin-et7wq]

Beautiful country 👍🇲🇦

[@TRAVEL.HIGHLIGHTS]

Very interesting video to see how the train system is developping transport in Morocco. 🤓

[@MouuStaa]

Great review my guy, professional, clean and friendly content, definitely subbing, hope you enjoyed your visit to Morocco

[@Simon-Andersen]

Thank you! I'd love to revisit at some point 😄

[@hamdikimo2721]

You are very welcome to Morrocco, your second country ❤❤

[@internationalVloq]

I love Morocco ,kind people , beautiful vibes , so rich

[@Sport-door]

I love morocco. this arabic land is very beautiful❤

[@SilenceaboutthetruthisamuteDev]

Morocco is an African Muslim country!

[@MOROCCO_BALL]

@@SilenceaboutthetruthisamuteDev yes .

[@haitamessarghini7587]

Not Arab land. It’s amazigh

[@babboabdul1983]

not arabic land

[@adams2430]

We are not Arabs, we are Amazighs.

[@CentreCanadien]

Good video, good content, you are welcome in Morocco, your second home!

[@Simon-Andersen]

Thanks! 😃

[@aaronsakulich4889]

I lived in Morocco in 2007 and took the ONCF quite a bit. I don't believe there were any high speed lines at the time! This made me very nostalgic. I suspect you're not allowed to go to the open area between carriages, open the external door, and smoke while hanging out the side, though :)

[@krullenbos94]

in modern trains it isn't even possible.

[@alaindumas1824]

It is possible on Maroc’s locomotive pulled conventional trains with old Corail type cars.

[@drdewott9154]

Yeah the Al Boraq is much newer. The first Al Boraq train ran in November 2018 as the high speed line from Kinistra to Tangier was completed. More high speed trackage all the way to Casablanca is also under construction, which would reduce Tangier to Casablanca journey times to just 1 hour and 30 minutes by the Al Boraq train. I consider that extremely impressive to be honest.

[@Yanzdorloph]

you can still do that in the normal trains

[@clasheurindependent9547]

@@YanzdorlophNo, I take the train a lot, and I think that more than six years ago, smoking was banned on all trains. They were equipped with smoke detectors, and there were train security personnel walking around inside.

[@MrEvilAli]

Damn, that's more of an inspection than enjoying the ride lol

[@TrueFactBoston]

Thank you for your review, it is very helpful!

[@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo]

Good video

[@Moccalocca100]

They are still making more HSR under construction!

[@hassanbaqchaoui3878]

Morocco ❤❤

[@mustaphasalmane9088]

Lovely ❤

[@SamuelJochman]

I cannot even imagine being on a train that moves this fast...

[@silverlibison3355]

keep it up morocco🫶

[@daoumacfly50]

interresting

[@medstorm5653]

❤❤🇲🇦

[@Computer895]

And under construction egypt 2000km high speed rail built by siemens we will have velaro desiro regional trains and eletric freight trains

[@sarimed5155]

❤❤

[@aziznachrah7017]

Through your accent i think you're from germany

[@Simon-Andersen]

You're wrong but close, I'm from Denmark 😄

[@aziznachrah7017]

@@Simon-Andersen you welcomed to morocco

[@Simon-Andersen]

@@aziznachrah7017 I'd love to come back 😄

[@Thorkungsson]

at 4:44 there was an face Reveal😃😃

[@Simon-Andersen]

Someone doesn't follow me on Twitter, watch miles in transit or seen this video 😅 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2LJZ36DYrF0q6csi=cyOjPzCv6pinfBZ9

[@internationalVloq]

The line will be extended to the south ,

[@samtrak1204]

Morocco shuts down during Ramadan?

[@Speed_Rager]

No. Just different work hours and like 80% of the restaurants close. You can still get take out or get delivered food tho.

[@drdewott9154]

Well I'm not muslim, but I believe Ramadan means no eating at any time between sunrise and sunset during the period it takes place in. So all shops serving food shut down during this time, since eating during the day in the Ramadan would be considered sacrilege.

[@Speed_Rager]

​@@drdewott9154 yes and no. You asked if Morocco shuts down during Ramadan, I said no and that's because we still work and function like normal. Ramadan is a whole month so a whole ass country can't just shut down for that long. Now, here is what changes: The work hours are different during ramadan, it's usually between 9 and 3pm (there are some exceptions). The food situation like you said Muslims don't eat but it's not as straight forward. Non Muslims can eat (even in public) as they're not expected to observe Ramadan. For Muslims, people who are too old or sick or physically can't do it, can eat. Pregnant women, or during menstrual cycle can eat. Obviously children eat too. Otherwise, if you just don't care and want to eat you can eat in private. For the restaurants, most close and open after sunset (people sleep late during this month so they stay open until 3-4am). But even closed restaurants will still have the option to deliver food (or take out) at least in Rabat and Casablanca where I live. So to answer your question again it's not a shutdown just a temporary change in daily life.

[@Yanzdorloph]

Morocco practicaly shuts down in most Moroccan and islamic holydays. in big religious holydays most shops are closed because most owners are amazighz that go back to their homes in the country side, but this is changing as more and more foreign companies take over, the locals are forced to adapt and give up on their holydays and stay open longer

[@Speed_Rager]

@@Yanzdorloph 😂😂😂 what? and the mermaids are forced to return to the bottom of the ocean and the lions are forced to become herbivores and the sky turns red. Clearly you know what you're talking about 👍🏼

[@سهم-ك8م]

Moroocoo ruoday

[@ce1834]

Where the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, and half of Europe failed, Morocco has a true high speed line. Hopefully the future phases are just as successful 👏👏

[@Neville60001]

The UK's got a few HSR-like trains, the USA's got Acela (and is getting others) and Australia's got a semi-fast HSR-like tilting train in Queensland, so it isn't all bad.

[@lwgrazi]

@@Neville60001 Not to mention that the size of the first 3 have significant impacts on HSR development, as it would cost a fortune for a true system.

[@ce1834]

@@Neville60001 Not any 186 mph/300 km/h lines. Plus that tilting train in Australia is stretching it, regional speeds💀. Sounds like cope. America/UK are slowly catching up after Morocco though

[@Neville60001]

@@ce1834, close enough is _close enough_ for me; I don't need super-complete just for it to be workable.

[@St0rrrm]

let's be real though that line and the trains were fully built and largely financed by France lol

[@Zuuu40]

Great video but can you do the speed in mph and put the price in different currency

[@gnupfo]

Maybe as a footnote, but I think it sensible to use the units most of the world uses.

[@Nobody-jo3tv]

7th

[@GabrielsdevR]

1st in africa and idk about world ranking

[@SeverityOne]

People should focus less on Morocco being an African country, and more on it being a Mediterranean country. The Sahara, which is almost as large as Europe, is a much bigger barrier than that sea. So, just because they have a high-speed train running in Morocco, doesn't mean that we should expect the same thing in, let's say, Tanzania. (With all due respect to the people and country of Tanzania: I just picked a random sub-Saharan African country.)

[@AdamAzzr]

Doesn’t change the fact that Morocco is in africa

[@SeverityOne]

@@AdamAzzr No, but as I said, Morocco is aimed at the Mediterranean. The Sahara is about four times the size of the Mediterranean. Thing is, I live in the middle of the Mediterranean, having moved from Western Europe. And while there are many differences between where I live and North Africa, there are also a lot of similarities. And I think there are more similarities with the wider Mediterranean than there are with sub-Saharan Africa.

[@Speed_Rager]

You should focus on the fact that while Morocco, as you said, is closer to Europe than most of the rest of Africa, it doesn't mean that we didn't suffer the exploitation and downright criminal behaviors of the west. This had and still has a huge impact on the development of the country. So to say that it's closer to Europe and not an African country, it's like saying Morocco benefits from the wealth and/or stability of European countries. It is a much bigger struggle for Morocco to achieve milestones like these.

[@drdewott9154]

Funny that you picked Tanzania, they're actually building one of the highest quality rail networks in Subsaharan Africa as we speak. Many african nations have begun building Standard gauge railways or SGR's as they call them, to provide faster and more efficient freight and passenger traffic. However most are diesel powered and still fairly slow at 120-150km/h speeds, and practically all funded by China. Tanzania's SGR on the other hand is fully electric, built and funded by Turkey and South Korea, and has trains electric express trains running on it at 160km/h from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro, with further extensions under construction. It has the fastest trains in all of Subsaharan africa apart from the Gautrain commuter service in South Africa which it is tied with. Tanzanias SGR may not touch the Al Boraq, but their trains are still the elite in new rail developments in the sub sahara.

[@SeverityOne]

@@Speed_Rager No, that's not what I'm saying. Colonialism happened in Europe as well: just ask the Balkans, and how well it treated them. Also, who built and partially financed the Al Boraq? At some point, you need to stop looking at the past, and instead look at the present with a critical view. The country I live in was a colony until the 1960s, and now has the largest economic growth in Europe.

[@hichamn8373]

It’s one of our arab world achievements and we wish more like these achievements in our arab world…

[@conanberry4833]

Morocco is not Arab.

[@smartphone9630]

Morocco is an arab country

[@conanberry4833]

@@smartphone9630 Just in your dreams😴🤷‍♂️ Morocco will never be an arab country😃

[@Simon-Andersen]

Saudi also has a nice high speed system!

[@del.salvie]

well didn't know that morocco is an arab country.

[@redalucard3154]

A people living in poverty and marginalization

[@AmineMokhlisse]

Bruh

[@SadiMagh]

Arab not afrik

[@Rida-fm3oj]

We're located in north Africa bro

[@dondev33]

Amazigh not arab

[@Rida-fm3oj]

@@dondev33 we're both

[@SadiMagh]

@@dondev33 im moroccan I'm firstly arab you are african barbaren

[@mandoursr7859]

​​​​​​​@@dondev33🥴 يا المعقدين غر بقاو تكذبو وتوهمو راسكم نتوما ل غاتمرضو أما حنا راه كلشي عارف أصول بلادنا المغرب ل هي بلد إفريقي عربي وفيه عرب وأمازيغ ويهود عمركم تحلمو تمحيو التاريخ والحقائق والوثائق والحقيقة ل كتحاولو تزيفوها وتغطيو عليها بأنانيتكم النرجسية

[@blabla6864]

I don't like your accent

[@ovbureauhaarle1178]

😂

[@Simon-Andersen]

And what am I supposed to do about that excatly?

[@blabla6864]

@@Simon-Andersen I'm just trolling, I like your accent

[@GabrielsdevR]

thats rude :/

[@GabrielsdevR]

@@Simon-Andersen idk why would anyone troll like that

[@mustaphasalmane9088]

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