Rabat, Jan. 16 -- The Tramway Company of Rabat-Sale (STRS) has shared an update on the progress of extension works for Rabat tramway's Line 2.

The extension will allow the tramway to carry an additional 40,000 passengers per day, bringing the passenger capacity up to 150,000 per day.

The extension works of Line 2, which cost MAD 1.7 billion, is 90 percent complete in Rabat and 40 percent in Sale, STRS President Said Zarrou told Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) Tuesday.

Two tram lines, Line 1 and 2, currently connect the sister cities of Rabat and Sale.

The current 2.4 kilometer-long extension of Line 2 in Rabat will add 4 stations serving the 135,000 inhabitants of the Yacoub Al Mansour neighborhood . The four new stops on the line in Rabat w...