"Haramain Express Train" It transports more than 1.3 million visitors and pilgrims via regular frequent flights during the holy month of Ramadan
The “Haramain Express Train” project serves… Hundreds of thousands of visitors and Umrah performers during the holy month of Ramadan, via regular frequency flights operated around the clock between Medina and Mecca to transport visitors, citizens, and residents to perform Umrah rituals and pray in the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque.
The Haramain Train Project, with its five stations in Mecca, Medina, King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, and King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh, is the largest transportation project provided by the Kingdom to serve visitors of the Two Holy Mosques throughout the year, especially during the Umrah seasons. Hajj, which covers a distance of 450 km in approximately two hours at a speed of up to 300 km/hour, is operated using completely electric technology, with the highest security and safety specifications, without the slightest carbon emissions, which provides complete comfort and a safe option for travelers to travel between the two holy cities.
The services provided to passengers via the Haramain Express train are varied, including receiving passengers at the gates, verifying reservation information, following up on their movement via the escalators to the waiting area before calling the flight time, and transferring Through the escalators to the train parking area, supervising the security situation at the station and transit areas, checking the safety of luggage, guiding passengers to the carriages according to the data recorded in the reservation tickets, directing the passenger to the designated seat, as well as serving people with disabilities and transferring them by wheelchair to a seat. Sitting in the designated car is safe and easy, and services also include supervising the provision of food inside the train, and a sales service that provides safe and multiple electronic payment services during the trip.
Muhannad describes Muwaffaq Al-Kubaisi – an Iraqi visitor residing in the United States of America – at the moment of his arrival from the train trip from Mecca to Medina, praising the high-end service and the project that the Kingdom provided to visitors, recalling the great development witnessed in the transportation sector services to serve pilgrims and Umrah pilgrims throughout the ages. It takes days, then it was reduced to several hours via vehicles, and thanks to optimal care services, it turned into approximately two hours to travel between Mecca to Medina with large numbers of passengers via the Haramain Express Train, which represents a major shift in the quality of services directed to visitors.
Visitor Hussein Abu Bakr – an Eritrean visitor residing in the United States of America – also expressed his happiness at what he saw during his trip from Mecca to Medina via the Haramain Express Train, with the warm reception and welcome during the completion of the project. Travel procedures at the station, good hospitality and service inside the train, indicating that he received the same service when he came to perform Umrah two years ago.
As Dr. Fateh Harish – a visitor from the Republic of… Algerian resident in France – expressed his pleasure after experiencing his trip by train, describing the service as tremendous and unparalleled in all the countries he visited, wishing the Kingdom more progress and sophistication for the efforts it provides to the guests of God.
The Haramain Train Station in Medina is distinguished by its distinguished location along King Abdulaziz Road, which leads directly to the Prophet’s Mosque, at a distance of 3 kilometers. The station’s area is 268 thousand square meters, enabling it to receive and transport 4,000 passengers per hour arriving and departing from the station. The station also includes a commercial center. Full services, restaurants and cafes, designated waiting areas, banking and exchange services, car rental services, telecommunications companies, offices for completing housing and hotel reservations, public transportation services and frequent flights between the Two Holy Mosques, in addition to parking lots under the station.
The Ministry of Transport and Logistics implements, through the Saudi Railways Company “SAR”, A facilitating transportation plan for visitors and pilgrims through the Haramain Express Train project through five stations, to transport 1.330 million passengers during the holy month of Ramadan, an increase of 26% over last year, and with a number of trips reaching 2,748 trips, an increase of 9% over last year, as trips are operated regularly during The holy month through a fleet of 35 high-speed trains from various stations, with a capacity of 417 seats per train, and a railway network with a length of 450 kilometers, designed to the highest quality and safety specifications that ensure the comfort and security of travelers and their transportation to their destinations on regular schedules.
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