History
ONCF was created January 1, 1963 as a merger of:
- Railways of Morocco (CFM) (French Compagnie des chemins de fer du Maroc)
- Railway of Eastern Morocco (CMO) (French Compagnie du chemin de fer du Maroc oriental)
- Franco-Spanish company of Tanger-Fès (TF) (French Compagnie franco-espagnole du Tanger-Fès)
- Mediterranean-Niger-Railway (MN) (French Chemins de Fer de la Méditerranée au Niger)
The railways has been state-owned since formation in 1963. Plans were made in 2007 to re-form ONCF t a limited compancy SMCF, but this hasn't materialized in 2012.
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