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The Maghreb kingdom of Morocco is making rapid progress with the construction of its high-speed network, just like its role model, the French TGV. The target is completion of a route network of 1,500 km by 2035. Two main lines are provisioned – an "Atlantic Line" about 900 km in length (Tangier-Rabat-Casablanca-Marrakesh-Agadir) and a "Maghreb Line" about 600 km in length (Rabat-Meknès-Fès-Oujda).

The Ghana Railway Master Plan project for expanding the country’s rail network is making headway. Two machines with Plasser & Theurer technology help to quickly put the new lines into operation. Ghana’s railway network dates back to British colonial times (1820-1957) and was built for transporting raw materials and goods from areas south of the mountain barrier to the city of Accra, which at the…