Sunday, April 11, 2010

Casa Voyageurs train station, Casablanca

Casablanca has two train stations. The main one is Casa Voyageurs. There is a train that just goes between the airport, Mohammed V airport and Casa Voyageurs. There is service every hour and makes commuting between the airport and downtown Casablanca very economical and convenient. The trip takes 33 minutes. Otherwise one has to take a grand taxi. One can also arrange for the hotel to pick you up for a higher fee. Petit taxis are convenient to use around town but the longer trips require taking the bigger Mercedes grand taxis. We usually ask the taxi how much it is to a certain destination, agree on a price first before we go into the taxi.
Coming back by train from Rabat we made the mistake of taking the train that terminated in the other station Casa Port. We asked some fellow passengers how to get from Casa Port to Casa Voyageurs, they told us by taxi. The nice kid said to us, he was going to Casa Voyageurs, 'follow me' he said. We did, got into a taxi, we thought we were going to split the taxi fare. He ended paying the whole fare, he refused to take our money. We met some of the nicest people in the world. The train was crowded too but the locals got up and let us sit down.

2 comments:

Hamid Mahdi said...

Do you know whether or not the train stations are directly outside of CMN Airport? or are they connected to the airport?

annechung said...

The train station at Mohammad V airport in Casablanca is almost inside the airport. This is a thoroughly modern airport, reminds me of Rome Fumicino, London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schipol and Paris CDG.