Phase one of 188-km metro network to begin work in 2016 Dubai: The Holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia is embarking on a mega project to equip the city with an extensive network of public ...

Construction of the Makkah Metro will get underway in 2016, a senior official linked to the project has said. Khaled Shamouth, chairman of Public Transport Authority in Makkah, also told the Fourth ...

second phase of service expected to transport half a million pilgrims under study Riyadh Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz has ordered a study to determine the feasibility of the Makkah ...

The Makkah plan includes building a metro rail system with 182 kilometres (114 miles) of track and 88 stations, according to an October 2015 document from MMRT, as well as a bus network.

The new project to develop a metro network ... building a 30-km line from Um Al-Qura University in Abidiya to Sayeda Aisha Mosque. A technical study has already been completed by Al-Balad Al-Ameen – a ...