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HARAMAIN HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT

Project Brief

The Government has taken a decision to implement a railway project linking the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah.
The HHR will be a high speed electrified passenger line, primarily designed to provide a fast, comfortable, reliable and safe mode
of transport. The overall objective of the Government is to implement the HHR project as a public funded project.

The important features of the Project given below are based on preliminary estimations and are subject to revision on more detailed analysis and design:

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  • Makkah Central Station near the 3rd Ring Road.
  • Jeddah Central Station will be located on the Haramain Road, the railway aligment will use the median of the Haramain road and the Station in KAIA will be a terminus station.
  • Madinah will have only one passenger station.
  • Station will also be required in the King Abdullah Economic City and a station may be required for the Hajj Terminal at Jeddah Airport.
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Station Locations

  • Makkah Central, Makkah

  • Jeddah Central, Jeddah

  • Jeddah Airport, Jeddah

  • King Abdullah Econamic City, Rabig

  • Knowledge Economic City, Madinah

The design, construction, operation, maintenance of HHR shall be executed in two phases.

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