Haramain Express, A bullet train

We have had the privilege of meeting many people who have benefited from visiting these holy places and we have found each of them saying, “It is heartening to go there and fly to Madinah, but it does not happen. Because it takes 3 to 4 hours to go from Makkah to Madinah and how these hours pass on to the lovers of the Prophet for centuries. Only those who go through this condition know its condition. Reduced with the help of bullet train.

Every year millions of Muslims from all over the world go to Saudi Arabia for Hajj and Umrah. If we talk about the last Hajj, then according to Fahd bin Salman, the head of the Saudi Statistics Department, the total number of pilgrims was 9, of which 4 came from abroad. While the number of domestic pilgrims was 9, this is why 500,000 people from all over the world come for Umrah every year. Under Vision 3 of Saudi Arabia, the number of pilgrims is expected to increase by 3% annually. It is officially estimated.He said that the number of pilgrims from home and abroad would increase to 5 lakh and the number of Umrah pilgrims would increase to 4.5 crore. While there are many places between these two holy cities that are visited, then the pilgrims or Umrah pilgrims have a limited time in which they try to get the maximum blessings. For a long time, there was a need to start a high-speed rail service between Makkah and Madinah so that the distance of 1.600 km could be covered quickly and easily. The Saudi government has begun work on the largest public transport project in the country Under which a bullet train was to be run between these two cities. After eight years of hard work, the project was completed a few weeks ago, and King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia formally inaugurated the project at a prestigious ceremony in Medina on September 9.

According to officials, about ٨ 2 billion has been spent on the project. The Harmain Express first ran from Jeddah to Makkah in October last year, and then from Makkah to Madinah on June 1 this year. In addition to high government officials, a large number of citizens were on board and a live commentary of the trip was also broadcast on radio and TV. After that, the citizens were given free travel for two months to rectify the defects Can go

The train, which runs between the holy cities, was named the Harmain Express, which will cover a distance of 5 km from Makkah to Madinah at a speed of 2 km per hour in two hours. The train would run from Jeddah to Madinah in an hour. There are three stations on this route which are Makkah Mukarramah Jeddah City, Jeddah Airport, King Abdullah Economic City and Madinah Munawara. The number of trains will be increased to six by the end of the year, which will carry 20 million passengers annually. The train will run from Makkah to Jeddah. Will fix in 5 minutes

Also, two powerhouses have been set up to supply power to the electric train. Public transport chief Rumiha said the project has been completed in three phases. Five water supply channels have been set up, 3 million cubic meters of sand and rocks have been removed to make way for the train route, then stations have been set up in the second phase and the last According to the Saudi government, a state-of-the-art train running and maintenance contract has been awarded to a Spanish company for five years.