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Railway Reform: Toolkit for Improving Rail Sector Performance
Case Study: Moroccan Railways
5 Conclusion
Lessons learned from the Moroccan experience in restructuring state-owned
railways are as follows.
• Typically, crisis is the best driver for reforming the railways. Government
agreed to embark on a restructuring process only after a few years of financial
crisis forced it to confront the fiscal implications of railways operations and
management.
• Restructuring is a long process; in Morocco it took six to ten years. Restructuring
required continuity in senior management and tenacity for implementation
because it involved multiple stakeholders and a complete change of vi-
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