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10/21/07

AFP: Morocco to sign high-speed rail link deal with France

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Morocco to sign high-speed rail link deal with France

France and Morocco are to sign a deal on Monday for the construction of a high-speed rail link between the cities of Tangiers and Marrakech, sources and media reports said. The agreement is to be sealed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy during his visit to the north African kingdom, several sources told AFP on Friday. French magazine L'Express reported on its website that the trains, to be built by French engineering group Alstom, the maker of the French high-speed TGV train, will run for 500 kilometres (311 miles) between Tangiers in the north and Marrakech in the south.

The line, to be operational between 2012 and 2015, is to pass by the capital Rabat or Casablanca.

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