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==Transport== === Bus === [[File:BHNSMarrakech.jpg|thumb|alt=BRT Marrakesh|BRT Marrakesh]] [[BRT Marrakesh]], a [[bus rapid transit]] system using trolleybuses was opened in 2017.<ref name="RGI-2017sep">{{cite news|url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/projects-and-planning/marrakech-trolleybus-route-inaugurated/45245.article |title=Marrakech trolleybus route inaugurated |magazine=[[Metro Report International]] |publisher=Railway Gazette International |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619234203/https://www.railwaygazette.com/projects-and-planning/marrakech-trolleybus-route-inaugurated/45245.article |archive-date=19 June 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> === Rail === [[File:Interior Marrakech Railway Station.jpg|thumb|right|[[Marrakesh Railway Station|Marrakesh railway station]]]] The [[Marrakesh Railway Station|Marrakesh railway station]] is linked by several trains running daily to other major cities in Morocco such as Casablanca, Tangiers, Fez, Meknes and Rabat. The [[Casablanca–Tangier high-speed rail line]] opened in November 2018.<ref name="Group2007">{{cite book|title=The Report: Emerging Morocco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X9kcBzjUtrwC&q=Road+net+work+in+Marrakech&pg=PA104|access-date=18 October 2012|year=2007|publisher=Oxford Business Group|isbn=9781902339764|pages=104–107|archive-date=19 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219101527/https://books.google.com/books?id=X9kcBzjUtrwC&q=Road+net+work+in+Marrakech&pg=PA104|url-status=live}}</ref> === Road === The main road network within and around Marrakesh is well paved. The major highway connecting Marrakesh with Casablanca to the north is the A7, a toll expressway, {{convert|210|km|abbr=on}} in length. The road from Marrakesh to [[Settat]], a {{convert|146|km|abbr=on}} stretch, was inaugurated by [[King Mohammed VI]] in April 2007, completing the {{convert|558|km|abbr=on}} highway to Tangiers. Highway A7 connects also Marrakesh to [[Agadir]], {{convert|233|km|abbr=on}} to the south-west.<ref name="Group2007"/> === Air === [[File:Airportmarrakech.jpg|thumb|[[Marrakesh Menara Airport]]]] The [[Marrakesh-Menara Airport]] (RAK) is {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} southwest of the city centre. It is an international facility that receives several [[Europe]]an flights as well as flights from [[Casablanca]] and several Arab nations.<ref name="ONDA-Marrakech">{{cite web | url = http://www.onda.ma/ONDA/An/Espaces/EspacePassagers/LeReseauAeroportuaireONDA/Lesaeroports/Fiches+d%E2%80%99identit%C3%A9+par+a%C3%A9roport/MARRAKECH/ | title = Marrakech | publisher = [[Moroccan Airports Authority|Office National Des Aéroports]] | access-date = 18 October 2012 | archive-date = 2 June 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130602134843/http://www.onda.ma/ONDA/An/Espaces/EspacePassagers/LeReseauAeroportuaireONDA/Lesaeroports/Fiches+d%E2%80%99identit%C3%A9+par+a%C3%A9roport/MARRAKECH/ | url-status = live }}</ref> The airport is at an elevation of {{convert|471|m}} at {{Coord|31|36|25|N|008|02|11|W}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=MO78388&sch=GMMX|title=MenARA Airport General Information|access-date=18 October 2012|publisher=World Aero Data.com|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006105914/http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=MO78388&sch=GMMX|url-status=usurped}}</ref> It has two formal passenger terminals; these are more or less combined into one large terminal. A third terminal is being built.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onda.ma/ONDA/Fr/Espaces/EspaceONDA/PlanDuDeveloppementStrat%c3%a9gique/prog2011/prog+2011.htm|title=Investment program 2011|access-date=18 October 2012|publisher=[[Moroccan Airports Authority|Office National Des Aéroports]]|archive-date=30 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530134618/http://www.onda.ma/ONDA/Fr/Espaces/EspaceONDA/PlanDuDeveloppementStrat%C3%A9gique/prog2011/prog+2011.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The existing T1 and T2 terminals offer a space of {{convert|42000|m2|abbr=on}} and have a capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year. The blacktopped runway is {{convert|4.5|km|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|45|m|abbr=on}} wide. The airport has parking space for 14 [[Boeing 737]] and four [[Boeing 747]] aircraft. The separate freight terminal has {{convert|340|m2|abbr=on}} of covered space.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onda.ma/ONDA/Fr/Espaces/EspacePassagers/LeReseauAeroportuaireONDA/Lesaeroports/Fiches+d%e2%80%99identit%c3%a9+par+a%c3%a9roport/MARRAKECH/Presentation.htm|title=Presentation RAK|publisher=[[Moroccan Airports Authority|Office National Des Aéroports]]|access-date=2012-10-19|archive-date=2013-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608082335/http://www.onda.ma/ONDA/Fr/Espaces/EspacePassagers/LeReseauAeroportuaireONDA/Lesaeroports/Fiches+d%E2%80%99identit%C3%A9+par+a%C3%A9roport/MARRAKECH/Presentation.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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