Colas Rail wins €29 million Moroccan rail contract
The French firm will carry out track, catenary and civil engineering works in the Casablanca area for the Kenitra–Marrakesh high-speed line.
Morocco's National Railways Office (ONCF) has awarded French firm Colas Rail a 29 million euro contract for the Kenitra–Marrakesh high-speed rail project. The work covers track, catenary and civil engineering between Roches-Noires station and the Nouaceur Technicentre in the Casablanca area.
Hervé Le Joliff, Colas Rail's executive vice president for railways, said Morocco is a strategic market and that the contract reaffirms the company's commitment to high-speed rail in the Kingdom. Colas Rail has operated in Morocco for more than 17 years and employs around 550 staff.
The company is already working on the same line under two contracts secured in January 2025, worth 250 million euros in total. Its Moroccan teams have carried out more than 40 projects across the country, including several modernisation programmes on the rail network.
Why it mattersThe contract brings new rail construction work to Casablanca and adds to the 550 Colas Rail staff already employed in Morocco.