Makkah Metro to be partially ready for Haj

The Saudi Railway Organization has said that the first phase of the Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro (Makkah Metro) project is expected to be completed before this year's Haj, Arab News has reported.

"While the entire project will be completed before the Haj season next year, the finishing of the first phase would mean that 35% of our services will be offered to the pilgrims this year itself," SRO president Abdul Aziz Al-Hoqail said. The rail network will initially link the holy sites to the Haramain Railway and other railway networks, and eventually to the Gulf Railway.