45–60 minutes from CMN to Casa Port, with one mandatory change
Casa Port Connection is the rail option if your hotel sits near the Old Medina, business district, or port and you care more about saving dirhams than saving steps. Trains leave Mohammed V International (CMN) roughly once per hour during the day, then you change at Casa Voyageurs or L’Oasis for a short hop to Casa Port.
The airport station sits under T1/T2; follow the “Gare ONCF” signs down one level from arrivals. A one‑way CMN–Casa Voyageurs ticket usually prices under 50 MAD, and you need to say “Casa Port” at the ticket window so staff sell you the right destination instead of defaulting to Casa Voyageurs.
Door to door, expect about 45–60 minutes from CMN to Casa Port, including the transfer. The airport leg runs around 30 minutes to Casa Voyageurs, then the Casa Voyageurs–Casa Port shuttle or L’Oasis connection adds another 10–20 minutes depending on the timetable gap.
How the connection works, step by step
- 1. From T1 or T2 arrivals, walk 5–10 minutes down to the airport train station and buy a ticket that clearly lists “Casa Port.”
- 2. Board the hourly airport train toward Casa Voyageurs; typical departures are roughly on the :00–:10 of the hour, but check the current ONCF board.
- 3. Ride about 30 minutes to Casa Voyageurs or get off earlier at L’Oasis if staff advised that route for Casa Port.
- 4. At Casa Voyageurs or L’Oasis, follow the platform signs for trains heading to Casa Port and keep your ticket handy; shuttles run more frequently than the airport train.
- 5. Ride the local train 10–20 minutes to Casa Port, then walk out to central hotels or the Old Medina, often within 5–15 minutes on foot.
What regulars do
Frequent visitors often ride only as far as Casa Voyageurs, then grab a red petit taxi 10–15 minutes into the centre instead of waiting for the Casa Port shuttle. Others show their printed hotel address at the airport ticket window and let the clerk pick Casa Voyageurs vs Casa Port to cut down on backtracking.
Watch out for
Station names trip people up: several travellers report buying “Casa Voyageurs” by mistake and realising only when the train terminated there. After a long overnight flight, the forced transfer can feel like extra friction, and more than one poster later wished they had just paid for a direct taxi to a downtown hotel instead.
One last tip: ask the clerk at CMN to write “Casa Port” or “Casa Voyageurs” plus the platform number on your ticket; that small scribble has saved many first‑timers a missed connection and an unplanned loop of Casablanca’s rail network.