CSEE and its partners SITE and GCF will provide the signaling and telecommunications for the Kenitra-Marrakech High-Speed Line in Morocco
Compagnie des Signaux, a leader in high-speed signaling systems, selected by ONCF to provide the ERTMS Level 2 signaling system for the Kenitra-Marrakech HSL
Access to the press release: Press release – Compagnie des Signaux awarded signalling tender on Kenitra-Marrackech High Speed Line – May 2025_EN
May 21, 2025 – Compagnie des Signaux (CSEE), a leader in high-speed signaling systems, and its partners SITE S.p.A. and GCF S.p.A., have signed a contract with the Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF) for the supply and installation of the ERTMS Level 2 signaling system and telecommunications for the new Kenitra-Marrakech High-Speed Line.
Kenitra-Marrakech High-Speed Line: The new backbone of national development
Building on the success of the first Tangier-Kenitra high-speed line, and in preparation for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, ONCF has launched the high-speed line project between Kenitra and Marrakech. This new line will connect the new intermodal stations of Casablanca and Marrakech, the Moulay Abdellah and Hassan II stadiums, and the airports of Rabat and Casablanca. As a backbone for the country’s economic development, this line must be completed in record time with maximum reliability and safety requirements.
A major contract covering signaling and telecoms
Under the contract, Compagnie des Signaux will supply the electronic interlocking systems, automatic train protection (ATP), and automatic train control (ATC) systems, based on ERTMS 1 & 2 technology, to equip the new 430 km line. SITE S.p.A. will provide the telecommunications network, including cybersecurity, and the power supply system. GCF S.p.A. will carry out the equipment installation. The system will allow safe commercial operation of the new line at 320 km/h.
Mr. Pascault, CEO of Compagnie des Signaux, stated: “We are very proud of the trust placed in CSEE and its partners by ONCF. The project is very ambitious, both technically and in terms of deadlines. Our recent achievements, such as the modernization of the Paris-Lyon High-Speed Line, have demonstrated our ability to meet these challenges. This contract will mobilize more than a hundred engineers and technicians in France, while enabling the development in Morocco of an engineering center specializing in high-speed ERTMS systems. It will promote Moroccan railway expertise internationally.”
About Compagnie des Signaux
Founded in 1902, Compagnie des Signaux, with shareholders MERMEC, BPI France (French State Investment Bank), and BNP Paribas, is a leading company in high-speed railway signaling and integrated systems for passenger and freight transport. Specializing in providing turnkey signaling solutions based on the latest ETCS standards for the management and control of new or existing railway networks, it collaborates with railway infrastructure managers, railway operators, and high-speed train manufacturers worldwide.
To date, CSEE has equipped more than 7,000 kilometers of high-speed railway lines and installed more than 2,000 onboard units worldwide, with active projects in Europe, Asia, and Africa, particularly in Morocco, Spain, and South Korea.
Visit www.csignaux.com for more information.
About SITE Spa
Always focused on interconnection, SITE, with over 75 years of activity, is a historic company that has played a central role in the development of technological infrastructures in Italy. Active in the transport and railway signaling, telecommunications, cybersecurity, ICT, energy, and technological installations sectors, it collaborates with leading companies in the sector as well as with national institutions.
In the railway sector, the company is a reference for those seeking to improve the safety and quality of railway transport through the integration of advanced technological systems, including: railway signaling (ERTMS Level 1, BCA, BACC, INFILL, etc.), telecommunications (FO, GSM-R, SDH, DWDM, MPLS-IP, PIS, video surveillance, SCADA, ACS, etc.), cybersecurity, and energy (UPS, generator sets, etc.).
Visit www.sitespa.it/en/ for more information.
About GCF
GCF – Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie S.p.A., founded in 1950, is an excellence in defense, electrification, and railway signaling sectors. In over 70 years of activity and experience, it has consolidated its role in the Italian railway market and strengthened its presence at a European and global level. Our 18 branches, 9 in Italy and 9 abroad, are now a reference for our clients and partners who find in GCF a business model capable of offering very high standards of productivity, safety, and quality on all railway and metropolitan track construction sites, renewal and refurbishment, maintenance, electric traction, and railway signaling. Dedication to mission and attention to technological evolution, experience, and innovation capability have supported the company’s growing progress, which has achieved a leading role in track laying, in carrying out renewals and refurbishments, as well as in the construction of new traditional and high-speed/capacity lines.
Visit www.generalecostruzioniferroviarie.com for more information.
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