Nador Ville Station

The city of Nador in Morocco has two railway-stations: Nador Ville and Nador South. Further on the line there is also a station at Beni Anşār / Aït Nsar and the terminal Beni Anşār / Aït Nsar Port, which is generally indicated as Nador Port station. As with all railway stations in Morocco, these stations are operated by ONCF, Morocco's national railway operator.

Nador Ville railway station is the main station and serves the single track line through the city. The station was opened on 10 July 2009 by King Mohammed VI, together with the town's other station Nador South and the line to Tawrirt. Within the city limits of Nador, the track runs through a tunnel under the main south–north road into Nador. Between 2006 and the completion of the line in 2009, the major construction works which were carried out in the city caused disruption to traffic along one of the major through-roads of this busy city.

The railway line doesn't terminate in Nador (even when the name of the line is Taourirt-Nador) but past Nador Ville there are two more stations: Beni Ansar / Aït Nsar (or Bin Anşār) Ville and Beni Ansar / Aït Nsar Port. The tunnel ends at the site of Nador Ville station - and continues deepened within Nador being at street-level in Beni Ansar / Aït Nsar and Beni Ansar Port which is the terminus of the line and is often called Gare Nador Port as the port in Beni Ansar / Aït Nsar is the Port of Nador.

Construction

The construction of the 117 kilometer track to Taourirt cost 1.776 million dirham (approximately €180 million). This averages to 15 MDh per kilometer. The line is relatively expensive because it has to run from the 400m-above-sea-level in the Rif mountains to Nador, which is at sea level. The construction of the underground track and station platforms also required more money than a ground-level track.

Connection to the core network

The Nador line connects to the core rail network at Taourirt. At this point the line connects to the major east–west line that runs from Oujda via Fez and Meknes to the capital, Rabat, and the commercial capital, Casablanca. Every day there are 4 trains towards and from Nador. One starts and one terminates in Taorirt - where you can transfer to/from the west–east train Fez-Oujda. One terminates in Fez, one in Casablanca (via Fez and Rabat) and one in Tanger (via Fez).

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