DUBAI, May 25 (Reuters) - A $16.5 billion metro railway project planned for Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca has been delayed so that its financing can be restructured, an official said on Wednesday, ...

MINA, Saudi ArabiaMINA, Saudi Arabia — Some Muslims beginning the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Sunday have a new way to avoid the crowds: an elevated light-rail that will whisk them ...

Metro Report International reports that crews from Malaysia are now in Mecca, performing the tests and inspections needed to get the world’s biggest special-event metro service ready for its one-week ...

The Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro Line (MMMP), which is part of the Makkah (Mecca) Metro, is an 18.1km line constructed to connect the holy cities of Mecca, Arafat, Muzdalifa and Mina. The line was ...

Some Muslims beginning the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Sunday have a new way to avoid the crowds: an elevated light-rail that will whisk them between holy sites. The four-day Islamic ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia has unveiled an elevated light-rail system to shuttle some Muslims who began the hajj yesterday between Islam's holy sites, part of plans to turn the ancient ...

Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet approved the construction of a metro system in the holy city of Mecca that will cost $16.5 billion, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The system, which is to have 182 kilometers ...

Mecca Metro One of the new Mashair Railway light-rail trains runs in Mecca, Saudia Arabia, the holiest city of Islam, in early November. The 11-mile (18-kilometer) railway will transport some of the ...

RIYADH (Reuters) – In years before the coronavirus, some 3 million white-clad pilgrims from across the world flocked to Islam’s holiest sites to attend haj under Saudi Arabia’s blistering sun. With ...

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