Senio_Chin
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 12 years ago
Im almost all ready to depart from Lisbon til Marakech. Ive read all the things about the zones and the links betwen the cityes, i just planed everything, but today i was cheking if everything was alright and i found this: [u]https://rail.cc/en/night-train/marrakesh-tangier-oncf/190[/u]
If you chek all the page, in the end it says: InterRail: not valid. Use single train tickets.
And every site i try to find the countries allowed by the Interrail Pass, it never conludes the Marocco is in. :'( just the said zone F - Portugal/Spain/Marroco. And even if many of the sites include Marroco what the hell does it means InterRail: not valid? Why does it appear here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/marrakesh-to-tangier[/u] that interrail pass is recomended for this travel? :'(
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
Interrail was valid in Morocco, some years ago. If I remember right it was the case until 2005 or 2007. And the information about zone F is very old! I don't know on which website such information is still published.
Just read here for validity: [u]https://rail.cc/en/how-to-interrail[/u]
And Interrail is not valid in your country of residence: [u]https://rail.cc/en/how-to-interrail[/u]
You should have a look on the website of the railway company in Morocco to find point to pint ticket prices.
Peter :)
nltrainer
Traveller
1405 comments
yes-as peter says, it was taken OUT of the IR-scheme at the same time when the zones were used no more and Morocco also went out of international ticketing.
I paid for a single, with couchette, Tangier-Marrakesh about 20/25 eur -total) some 2 years ago. the couchette was ex-French and not very nice, it seemed only foreigners used it.
If you still go Mar-I can rec. a stay in Chefchouen, which is about 1,5/2 hrs by bus from Tangier (ferry now even not lands in town anymore, or use chepaer ferry via Ceuta=Espana), 1,5 with direct bus-very few, 2 via Tetouan with change there-about hourly.
Senio_Chin
Traveller
1 comments
It means that i dont even have the said Algecíras-Tangier ferry? I didnt mind to go there anyways by paying 60 more eur to travel between Tangier and Marrakesh, but the crossing between Spain and Morocco, not landing in Tangier is not only very expensive but is destroying all of my plans now, because i even have i place to stay in Tangier... and all the plan about the consumed time in travel is going down. :| . If the Interrail pass dont cover rails inside Morocco, does it means directly that the crossing [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/algeciras-to-tangier[/u] is out too?
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
Ferries are not included and were never included. You always had to pay something. Please read here:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-ferry/algeciras-tangier/26[/u]
I don't know where you got all this wrong information from. But I can't help you more.
Peter