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title: "High-speed lines: SYSTRA makes its mark in California and Morocco with two new projects"
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# High-speed lines: SYSTRA makes its mark in California and Morocco with two new projects

![High-speed lines: SYSTRA makes its mark in California and Morocco with two new projects](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cahsr_train_illustration-extended-scaled.jpg)

In the US, SYSTRA, as part of a consortium with TYPSA, has won the engineering
contract for the central section of the high-speed line
[between **Merced and Bakersfield**](https://www.systra.com/en/news/high-speed-rail-win-for-systra-in-california/)
, in California. Spanning 275km, this is the first complete line with both track
and catenary to be launched in the US – the backbone of California’s future
high-speed network. This new contract is in addition to a previous contract
signed in November 2022 through Stantec for the execution studies for the
infrastructure of this high-speed line between Merced and Madera.

![2024_01-bakersfield-interior](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024_01-bakersfield-interior-scaled.jpg)

_Interior of Bakersfiled station_

In Morocco, as part of a consortium alongside Egis and Novec, SYSTRA has signed
a project management assistance contract for the extension of the high-speed
line
[**between Tangiers and Kenitra**](https://www.systra.com/en/news/new-contract-in-a-consortium-for-the-kenitra-marrakech-hsl-in-morocco/)
as far as Marrakesh. This new infrastructure will enable trains to run at
320km/h over 430km of new high-speed lines, establishing Morocco’s new
[railway network](https://www.systra.com/en/markets/conventional-rail/) as one
of the most modern and high performance in the world. The project is slated to
be brought into service at the end of 2029, just before the start of the
football World Cup. SYSTRA was already a partner in the first Moroccan
high-speed line, which entered service in 2018, as project manager for the
longest section of civil engineering and project management assistant for all
rail and electromechanical equipment.

![Al Boraq trains in Tangier railway station in Morocco](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/gettyimages-1479060584.jpg)

_Two Al Boraq High-speed trains in Tangiers station, 2022_

### SYSTRA responds to the boom in high-speed rail throughout the world

The Group is actively contributing to high-speed networks in other regions of
the world. In Oceania, SYSTRA Australia & New Zealand, in a consortium with
Arup, has signed a contract to support the planning of the future high-speed
network on the east coast of the country, on behalf of the High Speed Rail
Authority. Our teams are responsible for studying the operating and maintenance
requirements for the first section between Sydney and Newcastle. This line, the
busiest of the current regional trains with almost 15 million passengers a year,
will be the backbone of a vast high-speed corridor linking Melbourne to
Brisbane.

In India, the company is working on the ticketing system for the
[**high-speed line between Mumbai and Ahmedabad**](https://www.systra.com/en/news/india-chooses-systra-to-design-ticketing-systems-for-the-mumbai-ahmedabad-high-speed-line/)
to facilitate the passenger experience, while in the United Arab Emirates,
SYSTRA has been working as Project Management Consultant on the preliminary
studies for the link between Abu Dhabi and Dubai since the end of 2021. In
Spain, SYSTRA is in charge of the engineering for a section of the
Cantabrian-Mediterranean High Speed Line, a project designed to promote regional
and national mobility thanks to this new link between the north and south of the
country.

Finally, in the United Kingdom, SYSTRA is a key player in the development of the
new HS2 high-speed network between London and Birmingham, with major contracts
for the construction of the new
[multimodal station](https://www.systra.com/en/markets/stations/) at Old Oak
Common as part of the Balfour Beatty – VINCI joint venture, and for studies of
the Birmingham approach section to the north, in a consortium with Mott
MacDonald on behalf of Balfour Beatty – VINCI.

These successes and major rail transport projects embody SYSTRA’s international
dynamism and bear witness to its world-renowned expertise. The Group is thus
confirming its key role in building a future where mobility is fast, safe and
respectful of the environment.

[READ THE PRESS RELEASE](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pr_systra_success-hsr-systra.pdf)

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