Haramain High-Speed Rail to Resume Operations End of March

Haramain High-Speed Rail to Resume Operations End of March

Haramain high-speed railway operations were during over the pandemic. (SPA)

Haramain High-Speed Rail announced that it will resume operations as of Wednesday, March 31, 2021.

Passengers can start booking tickets from and to Makkah, Madinah, King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah, and King Abdullah Economic City stations, as of Monday, March 15.

The railway services were suspended on March 21, 2020 as part of the Saudi government's efforts to combat COVID-19 pandemic.

Notably, the Haramain service is one of the biggest public transport projects in the Middle East, a 450 kilometer two-way electric train linking Makkah and Madinah, with extensions to Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City.

The project will transport 60 million passengers per year on 35 trains, with a seating capacity of 417 per train and traveling at a speed of 300 kph.