Ineco consolidates its position in Morocco with its third contract of the year
The Moroccan National Railway Office (ONCF) has once again placed its trust in the consortium formed by Ineco and the local engineering company CID to carry out the preliminary project for the railway service between the cities of Oued Zem and Beni Mellal, in the centre of the country.
This is the third contract that the company has been awarded in 2024 in the region, making Morocco the country with the highest volume of new contracts so far this year with 2,275,000 euros.
As part of Morocco's railway strategy for 2040, the new work includes the laying of double tracks and rectification of approximately 40 kilometres between Khouribga and Oued Zem; studies for the elimination of level crossings on approximately 120 km between Sidi el Aidi and Oued Zem; and the development of a new route between Oued Zem and Beni Mellal of approximately 60 km.
This is the second contract awarded to the Ineco-CID consortium, the result of the collaboration framework they maintain in the field of digitisation of public administration, high speed, urban mobility and development of the airport network in Morocco, as well as in other countries on the African continent, consolidated in the visit that the president of Ineco, Sergio Vázquez Torrón, made to the country in November 2023.
A seal of confidence for the development of Moroccan mobility
Morocco plans to expand the high-speed rail network from 320 to more than 1,280 kilometres over the next 16 years. It is expected that 87% of the national population will benefit from this modernised network, compared to 51% at present. In addition, 12 ports and 15 international airports will be connected.
With this new contract, Ineco has become a reference partner for the Moroccan government, which has recently entrusted the Spanish engineering and public consultancy firm to carry out, also in collaboration with CID, the feasibility and preliminary design studies for the urban rail service to Tangiers and Tetouan. The project consists of four fundamental actions, which together represent more than 85 km of new railway track to increase passenger capacity on medium-distance sections. This project was the largest contract in the company's history in Morocco.
This contract for Spanish public engineering has meant the successful export of our country's railway model and boosts opportunities for the Spanish business fabric in this country.
Previously, the Moroccan National Airports Office (ONDA) had also selected Ineco to draw up a development programme for the aeronautical and terminal infrastructures of the Mohammed V Casablanca International Airport, which identifies the current problems and defines the sizing and design of the infrastructures required to handle traffic in the future.