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Al Haramain train’s 1st experimental trip to start Monday

Al Haramain train’s 1st experimental trip to start Monday
Al Haramain train’s 1st experimental trip to start Monday

Riyadh – Mubasher: Al Haramain High Speed Rail’s first experimental trip will start on Monday between Makkah and Jeddah.

The trip will reach to Sulaymaniyah station in Jeddah from Al Rasaifah in Makkah, according to the Saudi News Agency (SPA).

Al Haramain train’s commercial operation will start during 2018 after completing safety, and high speed procedures, the Saudi Transport Minister, and chairman for Public Transport Authority (PTA), Nabeel al-Amudi said.

The train’s capacity will reach 60 million passengers on a yearly basis, and its commercial operation will include 35 trains with 417 seats for each train, said Rumaih Al Rumaih, president of the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO).

Makkah’s station can accommodate 19,500 passengers per hour, the station will include a modern taxi and bus transport centre to and from Great Mosque of Makkah, and it will linked with metro network after establishing.