Casablanca to Fes is Morocco's HIDDEN GEM! ONCF Al Atlas Review

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Hello and welcome to Morocco for the first time on the channel!
Today we will be taking an old-school Intercity service in a First Class compartment, from the largest city, Casablanca, to the stunning Fes! This route is a real BEAUTY! Morocco really surprised me with its hospitality and natural beauty, so let's go and discover it together!
Date of Filming: 20/3/23
Camera: GoPro Hero 10 Black
Operator: ONCF (Moroccan Railways)
Departure: Casablanca, Morocco
Arrival: Fes, Morocco
Cost: First Class from 132 Dirhams (£10.30, €12.05, $13.21)
Second Class from 49 Dirhams (£3.82, €4.47, $4.90)
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[@ricksipes2026]

I had never thought of Morocco as a destination before, especially for train trips. This vid has changed my mind. I remember when we were in The Canaries, you could take a day trip to Morocco. but instead we took a 3 day trip to Madrid., for $100US, hotel and airfare, for both of us. Well, it was the 80's before Spain joined the EU. Thanks for showing us Morocco

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Thanks Rick, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I really enjoyed Morocco, trains and cities alike 🇲🇦😁

[@samtrak1204]

I used to hear Spain was the cheapest country in Europe to live and travel years ago. No more.

[@ricksipes2026]

@@samtrak1204 When I was stationed in France back in the early 60's, some of the guys would go to Spain and live like kings for a week.

[@thedoeguy]

I've done Marakech to Casablanca, Casablanca to Kinitra and back on the Al Boraq, and Tangier to Fes and back before they had the high-speed train. I had a wonderful time on Moroccan trains. Great service. Largely on-time. Fun conversations with local people.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Sounds great!

[@b111l]

Amazing train journey it reminds me of ours a couple of years ago... Beautiful country Morocco is and its cuisine😋

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Yes, you are right 👍

[@Andrewjg_89]

I would like to go to Casablanca. Beautiful city in Morocco. With stunning building and beautiful palm trees.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

It really is Andrew 😊

[@Andrewjg_89]

😊

[@gurrenmed5319]

When I travel at night from Casablanca to Tangier in the train, I always find a chance to open the door and get that feeling of the wind and to see that beautiful night view. I swear to God we literally have the best trains

[@NonstopEurotrip]

I absolutely loved them 😻

[@lordelias7561]

Thank you for this interesting video ,I suggest you take the train that connects Casablanca and Oujda or Nador you will see a lot of landscapes from the valleys and fields of the western coast, the tunnels and mountains of the centre and finally the desert and red rocks in the east this is my best trip in Morocco

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Thanks for the tips!

[@andynorris3537]

I did Marrakech to Casablanca and then Casablanca to Rabat and then back to Marrakech last year and was pleasantly surprised with trains in Morocco. Missed out on the Al boraw sadly

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Next time 😊

[@rezaalan3991]

Great trip and great experience. That train door views is amazing.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Yes! I loved it 😁 could you tell?

[@classiccarsandlifestyle]

Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing!

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rolandharmer6402]

The stations look very stylish. Network Rail could learn a trick or two. Many thanks for posting.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Beautiful aren't they!

[@christophernoble6810]

Best railway system in Africa. You used to be able to do the open door thing in England about 40 years ago!

[@s125ish]

You were able to do it until late 2005 with the mk1s

[@pascalnemecek1502]

Vraiment magnifique vidéo ferroviaire entre Casablanca et Fez . Paysages magnifiques et commentaire intéressant. Merci pour ce partage 🙏👍🚂🚃🚃📽️🤩🤩👋 Salutations de Normandie 👋

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Merci beaucoup ✌🏻

[@PatrickLechevallier]

Beautiful video!I know Morocco very well and I can assure that it has one the best train system in Africa (if not the best)!Since we are in North Africa why not try Algeria and Tunesia?I have never seen videos about railways in these countries and I think that it would be interesting.Thank you again for the video.....Merci pour le partage.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

I completely agree Patrick ✌🏻

[@Bgj3.5]

Because Tunisia does not have train lines, and Algeria only has diesel trains, even though it is an oil country, but I do not know why. 😀

[@gars1074]

Thanks for this amazing video. I had no idea what Morocco was like. I noticed that in all the shots of the stations, towns and local scenery how clean everything looked. Also the train passengers all seemed civilized and calm. ( unlike the current situation in Europe where you see discusting graffiti everywhere, dirt and rubbish, as well as loud, annoying and inconsiderate passengers. This was great to watch.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Glad you liked it!

[@gefitrop3496]

Not doors but opening windows you can lean out of can be found on Swiss trains operated by Rhätische Bahnen (RhB) running along mountain routes with beautiful views. So if you're ever in Switzerland, you gotta try them.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Done them before ✌🏻🇨🇭

[@SANVgmxDE]

Thank you so much for the trip report. I am so surprised, that in Africa that kind of high speed travel is in service. But please be careful with these open outside doors. As a former conductor I know that they can get a closing impact for some reason and if this happens while driving, the doorshield is clapping hard as hell when it slides against the moving direction. So please take care and make sure, that the door must close in the same direction if you don't want to get hurt or kicked out. Furthermore you should never be outside the train at the departure time. It did happened to me, that the time of closing doors, starting the engine and accelerate took less than one second and so they left without me.

[@imadkahya6955]

I assume you're also surprised we don't live in caves and eat babies???!!

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Thank you 🙏🏻😊

[@theobrattinga500]

Great video.

[@SajidAkhtar-u5j]

Amazing Vlog once again 🙂. Keep sharing

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Thank you, I will ✌🏻

[@maroc7889]

Actually, it's Morocco who influenced Iberia and southern Europe with it's Amazigh building architecture, when Morocco colonized Spain and Portugal for over 800 years. Thanks for the report. Long live our kingdoms

[@Yanzdorloph]

he was talking about casablanca, Casablanca was totaly rebuilt by the french and lots of European architechts

[@bo3065]

​@@Yanzdorloph Morocco has been independent for a while now and is doing a lot of renovations and building on its own.

[@abomoaaz7245]

​@@bo3065He talks about water

[@jannahjohnymuhammad9172]

VERY SMOOTH AND FAST TRAIN RIDE

[@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo]

14:31 I wish you made a review onboard the RENFE S121 CAF Cepia. But your videos are always good

[@NonstopEurotrip]

😁✌🏻

[@manosm2003]

Unique journey🤩🤩🤩🤩, PURE BEAUTY, ASTOOOONISHING LANDSCAPE,WOOOOOOOW, so divergent🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Absolutely 💯😁

[@howardcobb4656]

Great video!

[@Alasad612]

Welcome 🇲🇦

[@NonstopEurotrip]

🇲🇦😍

[@Jyotish_Chatterjee]

superalbs also got on this train from Marrakech to Cassablanca

[@ismailbasak9594]

Harika Türkiye selamlar

[@NonstopEurotrip]

👋👋👋

[@michaelhall8586]

Here’s looking at you kid!

[@Byftpup]

Best?? I say 2nd best... the best of course is for the exclusive club known as 'drivers'.. hahaha. Another great video and certainly a surprise for the quality of the ride.. Much better than most of the trains here in Australia. Also loved the shots at the end.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Totally agree 😀✌🏻

[@jasongarufi8187]

Hi Nonstop Eurotrip, have you been on on any of the long haul Australia trains ie The Ghan, Indian Pacific, Sprit of Queensland, The Overland or XPT: Sydney to Melbourne?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Not yet!!!

[@PaulSmith-pl7fo]

Some great scenic shots. Damned dangerous doors! I started to be impressed by the first-class carriages...then things started to go downhill - the lack of disabled facilities, the poor snack trolley (for a 3-hour journey) and the (almost) unusable toilets. Did you buy the obligatory red hat with tassel in Fes?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

I didn't buy the hat lol, but glad you enjoyed the video nonetheless 🤣

[@imadkahya6955]

you westerners truly have a very unique combination of annoying arrogance and inhuman idiocy, I'm guessing you're British, the inbreeding really did a number on you

[@ziwenwong7369]

去摩洛哥一定要吃当地的炒饼❤

[@NonstopEurotrip]

I did 😁

[@PhoenixAviation006]

Gatimaan Express (160kmph) used to have non locking doors but now they retrofitted the coaches with auto doors :(

[@rishav2205]

Only VB rakes have centrally locking doors? But gatimaan uses LHB so how?

[@PhoenixAviation006]

@@rishav2205 IR retrofitted them with door motors and controls in the guard compartment Even some Humsafar and Shatabdi trains have this system

[@benklomp4616]

2:48 that suspiciously looks like an SNCB AM80 in disguise!

[@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo]

Please do a review on the AVE S102 or S112 on Basico class. I'm going to ride onboard it from Madrid to Málaga on 21st August. Very good vid

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Will do soon maybeeee

[@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo]

@@NonstopEurotrip Thanks.

[@maroc7889]

Have you done the 320 km bullet train in Morocco. It goes from Casablanca to Tangiers.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Of course, video coming in a couple or months! ✌🏻

[@luke211286]

Will the TGV-like trains run this route sometime soon? I wish to travel from Casablanca to Fes, then up north to Tangier. After that, maybe take the boat going to Spain

[@NonstopEurotrip]

No, but they will be extended south to Marrakech

[@otmanebettach]

they have a plan to cover all Morocco, but the casablanca/ marrakech and also agadir/ marrakech lines are the top priority now but to Fes, it's gonna take a while

[@curtbonnell4308]

I don't know if I would be hanging out a doorway on a high speed train (or any train). You're a brave man, lol.

[@curtbonnell4308]

When you filmed the trolley the first thing that came to my mind was the Hogwarts Express. Another great video.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Thanks Curt 😀

[@Abnerbandanovotempoinscrito1mi]

Boa viagem lindo trem cama

[@Ma15634]

I wonder why they don’t close the doors, afaik all Corail/VSE coaches are fitted with centralized door locking by the train manager. Maybe something related to the air circuit or the automatic doors unlocking system (around 5km/h on these coaches) ?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Extra ventilation 😆

[@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo]

3:10 Oh, how did the driver honk you?? Very rare

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Idk 🤣

[@samtrak1204]

Thanks for the "Death Wish" warning.

[@lebowski941]

It the railway between Kenitra and Fes is double track? And old trains doesn’t use the HSR between Kenitra-Tangier, right?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Mainly single

[@mariadelmarjimenezarroyo]

3:03 You talk well French

[@samtrak1204]

Are those large vats for dying cloths at the end of the video?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

It's a leather tannery

[@samtrak1204]

@@NonstopEurotrip I read this incredible book called "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth. The story takes place in India and the author goes on and on about how the leather tannery really stank.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

@@samtrak1204 Confirmed: It's really did 🙃

[@Eurobazz]

Yes and the smell is awful.

[@Yanzdorloph]

The thing with Moroccan trains, is that the lines are not really that many only 2200km of train lines and 320km of high speed train line, in comparison with the size of the country, but more than 80% of the Moroccan population lives along these lines. they are starting work on expanding the high speed lines to 1300km, come back when or if it's finished 😅😅(the 320km costed them 2billions wish is impressive tbh, but idk how they want to expand it to +1000km with only 1 billion of investment so far so idk how they are planing on doing it )

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Exactly yes, there's no need to build lines where most people don't live eh

[@Yanzdorloph]

@@NonstopEurotrip yes ofc, but the 20% left are unfortunate for living in mountains and deserts wish makes train lines building there very expensive or/and almost impossible. there are trains in the eastern desert but only for transportation of minerals I think, the tracks get covered with sand very often and they can spend up to 48h shoveling the sand to let the train pass. rip ppl living in the desert

[@joebarrett4353]

scary with the doors open. I hope you held on!!

[@NonstopEurotrip]

I did 😁

[@pedrorubiotejero_aka_prt]

I went back in time to Yesterday at around 8:55 AM CEST

[@Go-SR7]

in ma birthday

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Happy birthday 🎂🎉

[@stanislavkostarnov2157]

interesting, I was sure that Marrakesh would be the capital, since it has a huge Royal Palace, but then, there are probably multiple residences, one in every major city... in reality, this is a country where the capitals location is not that important, it is a state where the King and his government travels the land, and it is a land of which it can be truly said that "The Capital is where the King is"... they do not sit isolated in one place as it happens in some other countries.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Probably, I always thought it was Casablanca 🙃

[@stanislavkostarnov2157]

@@NonstopEurotrip Casablanca to me always was a very much colonial city... maybe because of the film and all, I always thought of it sort of a little like Gibraltar (I know there is a different city that actually plays that role). it was always to me much more a city of Europe than a traditional Moroccan city, to the point I was originally quite surprised it was a legally in a status just like any other city.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

@@stanislavkostarnov2157 exactly that, yes ✌🏻

[@gti505]

Just the mosks still are different from the churches that are hard to find in Marokko (compared to Europe anyway)

[@s125ish]

You mean mosques

[@gti505]

No, I mean mosks. It's spelled different here, so like mosks. Here in Europe at least.

[@Eurobazz]

Surely your open door videography through open doors at 160 kph is also a death wish.

[@paulthiel5145]

Or just a bit of adventure 😀

[@NonstopEurotrip]

This 😉

[@robyoungquist5803]

Beautiful journey ✅. Toilets 👎🏻👎🏻. Trolley service available ✅. I think I’d prefer 2nd class open concept airline style seating (Matt is in shock 😮 I said that) but no a/c in 2nd class it’s back to First Class I’m afraid 🫤

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Fair enough! But there is AC in second also Rob ✌🏻😁

[@robyoungquist5803]

@@NonstopEurotrip … then I’d rather 2nd class as it’s more open feeling in the carriage 😉

[@almaghrebi_almaghribi]

يجب أن تعلم أن المغرب كان امبراطورية رائدة في فن المعمار قبل أن يكون لفرنسا وجود على خريطة الدول

[@trainsdumaroc4125]

Nice video you are welcome in morocco sorry for the dirty toilets

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Thanks! 😃

[@GodAtum]

please can you post an unblurred photo of the toilet?

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Why would I do that?

[@GodAtum]

@@NonstopEurotrip I’d like to see please 🙏

[@paulthiel5145]

No thanks, please don't

[@eclipseeclipse9874]

​@@GodAtumomg your comment made me laugh at midnight 😂

[@NonstopEurotrip]

No, you really don't.

[@Sgnairport]

doors don't close... seems like you're quite young.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

?

[@Go-SR7]

هههههه البيبان كعة كي تصدو

[@hemaccabe4292]

Remarkably handicapped accessible.

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Ikr!

[@JeanBatiste5158]

8:47, but the train come from marrakech, i suppose all the liquid was consume

[@JeanBatiste5158]

We hate the doors when it close automatically

[@NonstopEurotrip]

Yes we do!