High-Speed Train to Link Mecca & Madinah!!!!!

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High-Speed Train to Link Mecca & Madinah| IslamToday / Agencies|


21 February 2008

Saudi King Abdullah has ordered the implementation of the Makkah-Jeddah-Madinah railway project using Saudi local funds, Transport Minister Dr. Jabara Al-Seraisry announced yesterday, reviving a project that was suggested but abandoned years ago to help transport the hundreds of thousands of Muslims who visit the kingdom for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

The transport minister said the royal directive would speed up the implementation of the project known as Makkah-Madinah Rail Link (MMRL), which is estimated to cost SR20 billion ($5.33 billion) and bring about revolutionary changes in the transportation of pilgrims between the two holy cities.

The minister said the MMRL, designed to operate trains with a speed of over 300 km per hour, would reduce travel time between Jeddah and Makkah to 30 minutes and between Jeddah and Madinah to not more than two hours.

The MMRL includes the construction of approximately 500 km of new high-speed electrified railway lines between Jeddah and Makkah and between Jeddah and Madinah. Railway lines will be equipped with modern signaling and telecommunications systems.
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Turkeys wanted to do this in 18 century --Saudi just realized! we welcome anyway--its a sign of the times!
May my next hajj -I will be on my high speed train while listening to Koran on my Ipod!



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[Alchemist]

Good news.

[Gatspy]

This indeed is a good news. Masha'Allah