Haramain High Speed Train

The 1 8bn contract for phase i was awarded in march 2009 to the al rajhi alliance.

Haramain high speed train. To provide a fleet of high speed trains capable of operating at 300km h in the most inhospitable environment on earth. Haramain runs four trains everyday between the two holy sites makkah and madinah. The alliance is a consortium of chinese and saudi companies china railway engineering and alstom transport. Haramain high speed is the 450 kilometre high speed rail link between the major saudi arabian cities of makkah madinah jeddah and kaec.

You can purchase train tickets using credit or debit cards visa mastercard and mada online on app and at the station. Al haramain railway have started running from makkah to madinah and madinah to makkah from 11 october 2018. The wait is finally over and the haramain high speed rail hhr is now open to the public with hopes of making travel between the holy cities of makkah and madinah easier for those performing hajj or umrah. When talgo secured the contact to supply high speed trains for the haramain project in saudi arabia in 2011 the company took on what is probably the most demanding technological challenge in railway history to date.

The rail project will be executed in two phases. Haramain the desert train. It will reach makkah to madina just in 3 hours this shows hows sar tries its best to implement the transport strategy to ensure fast and reliable movement of people between both holy cities. The four stations along the route conceived as gateways to each city are inspired by the ancient architectural traditions of the region and provide a shaded retreat from the sun while creating a new infrastructural spine for sustainable transport in.

Haramain high speed railway mecca. The haramain train will take makkah to madinah running time approximately 3 hours jeddah to makkah or makkah to jeddah 45 minutes and jeddah to madinah or madina to jeddah 2 hours. Phase i started in 2009. The haramain high speed railway haramain referring to mecca and medina islamic holy cities also known as the western railway or mecca medina high speed railway is a 453 kilometre long 281 mi high speed rail line in saudi arabia.

The project construction began in march 2009 and was officially inaugurated on 25. Train services on saudi arabia s haramain high speed line linking medina jeddah and mecca have been suspended following a major fire at jeddah station. Address haramain high speed railway reviews. Haramain high speed rail project phases.

It links the muslim holy cities of medina and mecca via king abdullah economic city using 449 2 kilometres 279 1 mi of main line and a 3 75 kilometre 2 33.