2024-04-29 07:02:13
“As part of the continuation of the ambitious program to modernize railway stations across the Kingdom, the ONCF is undertaking two major projects in the capital, namely, the construction of a new station in Hay Riad and the restart of work at the Rabat-Ville station”, indicates the ONCF on its website.
As part of the dynamic of transformation initiated by the “Rabat, city of lights” project and responding to the imperatives of development of passenger transport activity, the railway stations are now positioning themselves as real centers of life and poles of multimodal exchange.
With this in mind, the new Hay Riad station benefits from a strategic location and will be built in the form of a bridge station constituting a link between Avenue Annakhil and Avenue Hassan 2 while serving the Moulay sports complex. Abdellah, specifies the ONCF.
And to add that this new generation station which will be equipped with various amenities, such as parking and shops, will be adapted to local services and must be operational with the future CAN which will be hosted by Morocco in 2025.
In conjunction with the construction of the new Hay Riad station, the ONCF announces the resumption of construction work on the new Rabat-Ville railway complex.
“This takeover began with preparatory work in December 2023, followed by the actual adaptation work according to a new exterior architectural concept,” explains the same source.
Let us remember that faced with constraints, particularly technical, accentuated by the advent of the health crisis, the work on this major project was interrupted.
However, the ONCF stressed that this interruption was an opportunity to launch the heritage impact study of the project, given the universal value of this building located in the heart of the city of Rabat which is classified as a heritage site. Humanity by UNESCO.
The ruling also made it possible to revisit the architectural concept of the project, essentially at the level of its glass roof, continues the ONCF, noting that this new concept will make it possible to better enhance the architectural and visual integrity of the immediate environment of the art heritage. 20th century decor.
“Faced with its complexity and the challenges it presents, due to its very saturated surrounding environment, this project mobilizes exceptional logistical, technical and security resources to ensure the construction work, in optimal conditions while maintaining operation and normal train circulation”, the Office said.
Through the construction of these new stations, the ONCF affirms its commitment to the development of more sustainable, intelligent and high added value mobility solutions.
2024-04-29 07:02:13