Trains run in service at 300 kilometres per hour (190 mph), and travelling the 78 kilometres (48 mi) between Jeddah and Mecca takes 43 minutes, while the 449 kilometres (279 mi) between Mecca and Medina takes about 2 hours. The double-track line is electrified and the design speed is 350 kilometres per hour (220 mph). To allow train service between Mecca and Medina to resume, a 1,5 kilometer bypass was built around the station building. Several people were wounded by the fire, which completely destroyed Jeddah station. Firefighters needed 12 hours to bring the fire under control. The roof panels, made of fibre-reinforced plastic, caught fire due to unknown causes. On 29 September 2019, less than a year after the opening of the line, a massive fire broke out at Jeddah station. The total contract value is EUR 6.736 billion (approximately US$9.4 billion). The project was originally planned to open in 2012, taking six years longer to complete than anticipated. They differ from the 112 series with 13 cars to 417 seats Renfe and Adif will operate the trains and manage the line for 12 years. Talgo will supply 35 Talgo 350 trains similar to 102/112 series used on Spanish high-speed lines for EUR 1,257 billion (1,600 with maintenance) and an option for 23 more for 800 million. On 26 October 2011, at the Saudi Railways Organization announced that the Saudi-Spanish consortium Al‑Shoula Group, which includes Talgo, Renfe, Adif, Copasa, Imathia, Consultrans, Ineco, Cobra, Indra, Dimetronic, Inabensa, OHL, AL-Shoula and Al-Rosan, had been chosen for the contract. Prequalified consortia for HHR Phase 2 included Saudi Binladin Group, Badr Consortium, China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock, Al-Shoula Group and Al-Rajhi Alliance. It also includes procurement of rolling stock and operations and maintenance for a period of 12 years after completion. Phase 2 of the project includes the remaining infrastructure not included in Phase-1: track, signalling, telecommunications, power, electrification, etc. In February 2011 the station construction contracts were awarded to Joint Venture between Saudi Oger Ltd & El Seif Engineering for (KAEC (Rabigh) & Jeddah Stations), Saudi Binladin (Mecca Station) and a Turkish Company "Yapi Merkezi" for Medina Station. In April 2009, $38 million worth of design contracts for the stations in Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and KAIA were awarded to a joint venture between Foster + Partners and Buro Happold. Phase I Package 2 covers construction of four of the five stations. Scott Wilson Group will provide project management support. It is cooperating with the consultant Saudi Consolidated Engineering Company ( Khatib and Alami). The 6.79 billion riyal (US$1.8 billion) design and construction contract for Phase I Package 1 – Civil Works for the project was awarded in March 2009 to Al Rajhi Alliance, which comprises China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC), Al Arrab Contracting Company Ltd, Al Suwailem Company and the French construction company Bouygues. On Mathe first trip to Medina was launched and the operations between Mecca and Medina will resume after they were postponed from Madue to the COVID-19 pandemic. It does not connect with the Mecca Metro. The railway is expected to carry 60 million passengers a year, including around 3-4 million Hajj and Umrah pilgrims, helping to relieve traffic congestion on the roads. The line is designed for a top speed of 300 km/h (190 mph).Ĭonstruction on the project began in March 2009, was officially inaugurated on 25 September 2018, and opened to the public on 11 October 2018. It links the Muslim holy cities of Medina and Mecca via King Abdullah Economic City and Jeddah, using 449.2 kilometres (279.1 mi) of main line and a 3.75-kilometre (2.33 mi) branch connection to King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA), in Jeddah. The Haramain High Speed Railway ( Arabic: قطار الحرمين السريع, romanized: qiṭār al-ḥaramayn as-sarīʿ, Hejazi pronunciation: ) ( Haramain referring to Mecca and Medina Islamic holy cities), also known as the Western railway or Mecca–Medina high-speed railway, is a 453-kilometre-long (281 mi) high-speed rail line in Saudi Arabia.
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