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ONCF, the Glossary

ONCF (from French: Office National des Chemins de Fer; المكتب الوطني للسكك الحديدية al-Maktab al-Waṭaniyy lis-Sikak al-Ḥadīdiyyah; Moroccan National Railways Office) is Morocco's national railway operator.^[1]

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Government-owned companies of Morocco
Moroccan brands
Rail infrastructure in Morocco
Railway companies of Morocco
Standard gauge railways in Morocco

Agadir

Agadir (ʾagādīr,; ⴰⴳⴰⴷⵉⵔ) is a major city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Souss River flows into the ocean, and south of Casablanca.

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Al Boraq

Al Boraq is a high-speed rail service between Casablanca and Tangier in Morocco. ONCF and al Boraq are standard gauge railways in Morocco.

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Alstom

Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets.

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Beni Ansar

Beni Ansar (Arabic: بْني نصار) is a town in Nador Province, Oriental, Morocco, located 12 km (7½ miles) north of the city of Nador.

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Casablanca

Casablanca (lit) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.

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Essaouira

Essaouira (aṣ-Ṣawīra), known until the 1960s as Mogador (Mūghādūr, or label), is a port city in the western Moroccan region of Marrakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast.

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Euroduplex

Avelia Euroduplex, more commonly known as just Euroduplex or TGV 2N2 in France, is a high-speed double-decker train manufactured by Alstom.

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Fez, Morocco

Fez or Fes (fās) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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High-speed rail

High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.

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International Union of Railways

The International Union of Railways (Union internationale des chemins de fer, UIC) is an international rail transport industry body.

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Kenitra

Kenitra (القُنَيْطَرَة, al-qunayṭara) is a city in northwestern Morocco.

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List of railway lines in Algeria

The following is a non-exhaustive list of railways operating in Algeria with opening dates if available.

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List of stock used by ONCF

This is an incomplete list of locomotives and multiple units used by the ONCF.

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Marrakesh

Marrakesh or Marrakech (or; murrākuš) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco.

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Mediterranean–Niger Railway

The Mediterranean-Niger-Railway (MN) (French: Chemins de Fer de la Méditerranée au Niger) was a railway in Western Africa. ONCF and Mediterranean–Niger Railway are standard gauge railways in Morocco.

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Meknes

Meknes (maknās) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom.

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Melilla

Melilla (script) is an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast.

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Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Logistics (Morocco)

The Ministry of Transport and Logistics (وزارة النقل واللوجيستيك; ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵡⴰⵙⵜ ⵏ ⵡⴰⵙⵙⴰⵢ ⴷ ⵜⵍⵓⵊⵉⵙⵜⵉⵜ; Ministère du Transport et de la Logistique) is the Ministry in charge of managing the transport and logistics sectors in the Kingdom of Morocco.

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Mohammed VI of Morocco

Mohammed VI (Muḥammad as-sādis; born 21 August 1963) is King of Morocco.

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Moroccan dirham

The Moroccan dirham (translit, translit; sign: DH; code: MAD) is the official monetary currency of Morocco.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Nador

Nador (Arabic: الناظور or الناضور) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 178,540 (2020 census).

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Nador Port

The port of Nador is a commercial port on the Mediterranean servicing the Rif area of Northern Morocco.

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Nador railway stations

The city of Nador in Morocco has two railway-stations: Nador Ville and Nador South.

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National Route 19 (Morocco)

The National Route 19 (route nationale 19 or N19) is a road between Melilla and Tendrara (via Beni Ansar, Nador, Selouane, Hassi Berkane, Taourirt and Debdou).

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Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as the president of France and co-prince of Andorra from 2007 to 2012.

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Oujda

Oujda (وجدة) is a major Moroccan city in its northeast near the border with Algeria.

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Phosphate

In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.

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Rabat

Rabat (also,; ar-Ribāṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh-largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan population of over 1.2 million.

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Rail transport in Morocco

Rail transport in Morocco is operated by the national railway operator ONCF.

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Railway Gazette International

Railway Gazette International is a British monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.

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Renault

Groupe Renault (also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899.

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Rolling stock

The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars.

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SNCF Class BB 7200

The SNCF Class BB 7200 is a 1.5 kV DC electric locomotive operated by the SNCF in France.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Strait of Gibraltar crossing

The Strait of Gibraltar crossing is a hypothetical bridge or tunnel spanning the Strait of Gibraltar (about 14 km or 9 miles at its narrowest point) that would connect Europe and Africa.

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SYSTRA

SYSTRA is a multinational engineering and consulting group in the mobility sector, whose fields of activity include rail and public transport.

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Tangier

Tangier (Ṭanjah) or Tangiers is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Taourirt, Morocco

Taourirt (تاوريرت) is a town in Taourirt Province in the northern part of Morocco.

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Tétouan

Tétouan (tiṭwān), is a city in northern Morocco.

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TGV

The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse,, "high-speed train"; formerly TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated mainly by SNCF.

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TGV Duplex

The TGV Duplex is a French high-speed train of the TGV family, manufactured by Alstom, and operated by the French national railway company SNCF.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONCF

Also known as ONCFM, Office National des Chemins de fer du Maroc.

ONCF, the Glossary

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See also

Government-owned companies of Morocco

Moroccan brands

Rail infrastructure in Morocco

Railway companies of Morocco

Standard gauge railways in Morocco

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