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System length. 188 km (117 mi) ( projected) [ 2] Track gauge. 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in) standard gauge. The Mecca Metro or Makkah Metro is a metro system with four planned lines in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Metro was constructed by China Railway Construction Corporation [ 3] and is run by Mecca Mass Rail Transit Company (MMRTC).
Operating speed. 300 km/h (186 mph) Route map. The Haramain High Speed Railway ( Arabic: قطار الحرمين السريع, romanized : qiṭār al-ḥaramayn as-sarīʿ, Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [ɡɪtˤaːr alħarameːn asːariːʕ], abbreviated HHR ), is a passenger railway serving the Mecca and Medina provinces in western Saudi Arabia.
Transport in Saudi Arabia is facilitated through a relatively young system of roads, railways and seaways.Most of the network started construction after the discovery of oil in the Eastern Province in 1952, with the notable exception of Highway 40, which was built to connect the capital Riyadh to the economically productive Eastern Province, and later to the Islamic holy city of Mecca and the ...
Mecca (/ ˈ m ɛ k ə /; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, [a] commonly shortened to Makkah [b]) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam. [4] It is 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level. Its last recorded ...
Makkah (Mecca) OEJN JED King Abdulaziz International Airport: Ha'il: Ha'il: OEHL HAS Ha’il International Airport: Medina (Madinah) Al Madinah: OEMA MED Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport: Neom: Tabuk: OENN NUM Neom Bay Airport: Riyadh: Riyadh: OERK RUH King Khalid International Airport: Ta'if: Makkah (Mecca) OETF TIF Taif ...
The Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro Line (English: The Sacred Sites Train Line, Arabic: قطار المشاعر المقدسة, romanized : qtar al mashaaer al muqaddassah ), is a metro line in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Claimed to have the highest capacity of any metro in the world, it operates for seven days a year, and is used ...
Masjid al-Haram ( Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام, romanized : al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit. 'The Sacred Mosque'), [ 4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [ 5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [ 6][ 7] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province ...
Medina, [a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina), is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia.