Makkah Madinah High Speed Rail


Station Locations
Makkah Central, Makkah
Jeddah Central, Jeddah
Jeddah Airport, Jeddah
King Abdullah Econamic City, Rabig
Knowledge Economic City, Madinah

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.

The HHR will be a high speed (360 km/h design speed) electrified passenger double line between Makkah, Jeddah and Madinah.
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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