The first train has been delivered and tested in Hay Karima in Sale. first ride the tram
The first train has been delivered and tested in Hay Karima in Sale.
The remaining 44 trains will be received between May and December.
The train has a ticketing system''''located near the entrance doors,
an automated audio and visual information displays and Interior bilingual.
Preparations are well underway for the launch of the tramway in Rabat-Sale, scheduled for December. After the development phase of the space that was not easy, it is now being tested. Indeed, following the receipt of the first train delivered by Alstom March 18, the Corporation Tramway Rabat Salé gave last Tuesday in Salé, the kickoff to the technical testing of the tram.
is the area of Hay Karima, possible starting point of the tram, which hosted this landmark event. With great fanfare, and in the presence of a dense crowd of journalists, engineers, project managers and residents, the first train (Citadis) was switched on a test area of two kilometers. "The goal is to verify the interfaces between the rolling stock, track and catenary and the performance of traction, braking and speed, "says the press release of the French company Alstom, the project manager.
The train in question, as are 44 others that will be received and tested from May to December next, has nothing to envy other trains Citadis circulated in Paris, according to Jean-Pierre Fourment CEO of Alstom. Composed of two 32-meter air-conditioned vehicles each with a height of 3 meters and a width of 2.65 meters, it can carry up to 500 people and traveling at a speed minimum of 19 K / H.
the equipment, the train has a ticketing system''''located near the entrance doors, an automated audio and visual information and interior displays bilingual.
To facilitate access for disabled people,''a walk-in''between the platform and the train was laid, and two sites dedicated to people with special needs. If
rolling and facilities meet international standards, its design, it is typically Moroccan. Inspired by traditional Moroccan heritage, including art zellige, it is declined arabesque forms on the exterior livery, in the bays of each train.
According to officials of that site, it is only the first time trial of the tram. Further tests are scheduled as and when receiving the rest of the fleet by the end of 2010, the deadline for the commercial operation of the tramway. Lemghari Essakel, president and CEO of the Corporation Tramway Rabat Salé is sharp on this issue: "We can not afford to make the operating two lines under the tram without having tested all the oars." The tests provided from May to December will cover infrastructure, but also electrical and security systems and information systems. One month before entry into service, a march will be blank. "We will simulate the real conditions of operation of the tramway that will run according to schedule and station stops planned.
It does open the tram made public until we make sure that all operating conditions and safety are met, "said Loubna Boutaleb, project engineer. By cons, it is in relation to the viability of the tram and funding that many question marks arise. L. Essakel says and repeats:''It is time for thinking about the financial viability of this new means of transportation.'' "You are aware that the tram consumes electricity, causes insurance costs, maintenance ... so that we must have financial revenue to pay for operating costs and power repay our partners in this project, which the French Government, the French Development Agency and the European Investment Bank, "he insists. Moreover, the price should not be a major obstacle to citizens' access to the new tram. The ticket price per unit will be between 6 and 7 dirhams, according to the statement of Mrs. Boutaleb who sees an advantage to the assets that this new means of transport: "Instead of taking two buses to go to a distant destination in approximately 16 dirhams, the citizen can take the tram at a lower price and travel conditions significantly better, "she says.
History ...
In 2005 we began to mature the project to install a tramway linking the cities of Rabat and Salé. After presenting the project report to His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the Agency for the development of the valley of Bouregreg, mandated to carry out this project, launched in February 2007 from the work of construction of two light rail lines . Since the beginning of this year 2010, preparations are well underway with the approach of the deadline for placing into service of 44 trains of the tram. Thus, the work of urban design Al Joulani up ended in January last year. In March, he was taken to the opening of bids of the bidders for the tender to operate the network. After the arrival of the first tramset Tuesday, trials will be held for a period of two months (July and October). A walk to white will be done in September to officially launch the tramway in December 2010.
THE MORNING
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- It started in April (do not lift up a wire) with flick for blooming damsels tend Gothic - Emo - Rococo with "Alice Wonderland " (version 2.0, 10 years later). 
