Kenitra is a city on the Atlantic coast, north of Rabat, on the Tangier–Casablanca railway line. The train is its main asset: the main station, in town, links it north and south. Inside the city, people get around on foot, by petit taxi, or by bus. Kenitra has no airport: flights go through Rabat-Salé or Casablanca.
1. Getting around the city
**On foot.** The city centre, around Avenue Mohammed V and the station, is walkable. The central districts are flat and compact, and walking is still the simplest way to cover short distances.
**Petit taxis.** Petit taxis cover trips inside the city. They leave from ranks, including near the station, and can also be flagged in the street. Ask for the meter before setting off, as is the rule anywhere in Morocco for a petit taxi.
**Grand taxis.** The larger grand taxis link Kenitra with nearby towns and also serve intercity trips. They have no meter: agree the price before getting in, never after.
**Buses.** City buses serve the town and its outskirts, and the bus station (gare routière), on the edge of town, is the departure point for intercity coaches. It is reached by petit taxi from the centre.
**What Kenitra does not have.** Kenitra has no tram and no metro. Do not look for an urban rail line in town: here the railway serves trips between cities, not trips inside the city.
2. Getting to and from the city
**By train, from Kenitra station.** Kenitra's main station, in the Maamora district near the city centre, is run by ONCF, the national railway office. It stands on the Tangier–Casablanca line and receives three kinds of train: the TNR Casablanca–Kenitra service, long-distance trains, and the Al Boraq high-speed service, in service since 2018 on the Tangier–Kenitra high-speed line. Destinations named by the sources are Tangier, Rabat, Casablanca, Fes, Meknes, Marrakech, and Oujda. Tickets are bought at the station booking office or on the ONCF website, oncf-voyages.ma. No timetable or fare is given here: the sources consulted do not agree, and only the booking office and the ONCF website give the day's times and prices.
The city has a second station, Kenitra-Medina, the older one: the city's first station dates from 1913, and the current main station was built in 1920, south of the first one.
**By coach.** CTM and Supratours serve Kenitra with intercity coaches, leaving from the bus station on the edge of town. Coaches complement the train to towns the railway does not reach directly.
**By air.** Kenitra has no airport. The nearest airport is Rabat-Salé, to the south toward Rabat. The other gateway is Casablanca Mohammed V airport, further south: from there, a train links the airport station to the Casablanca stations, where trains to Kenitra depart. From Rabat-Salé, first reach a Rabat station, then take the train to Kenitra.
**By road.** The road links Kenitra south to Rabat and north toward Tangier. Kenitra's port, on the Sebou, is a river port: it is not a passenger ferry terminal, and no ferry departure is given here.
3. Commuting in general terms
The train shapes Kenitra's daily travel: it is what links the city to Rabat and Casablanca for work, study, or paperwork, and it also carries trips toward Tangier and toward the south. Inside the city itself, trips are short: the centre, the station, and nearby districts are covered on foot or by petit taxi, and buses cover the outskirts.
To leave town without the train, the grand taxi and the coach are the two usual options: the grand taxi for a specific destination, the coach for a standard intercity trip. Toward the coast, Mehdia and Lake Sidi Boughaba are reached by the road west, by taxi or by car. No journey time is given here: it varies with the service, traffic, and exact starting point.
4. What a newcomer needs to know first
- **Train first.** For Rabat, Casablanca, or Tangier, start with Kenitra's main station and the ONCF website: that is where the day's departures and prices are checked.
- **Two stations, do not mix them up.** The main station is the one for long-distance trains and Al Boraq. Kenitra-Medina is an older station: check its current services before heading there.
- **Petit taxi: the meter.** For a trip in town, ask for the meter before setting off.
- **Grand taxi: the price first.** For a trip out of town, fix the price before getting in, as there is no meter.
- **No airport in Kenitra.** Allow for the trip from Rabat-Salé or from Casablanca, then the train.
- **Check before you travel.** This page gives general information. It sells nothing and verifies no listing, driver, or timetable: the day's times and prices are those of ONCF, CTM, and Supratours.