Mecca Metro

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Mecca Metro
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Overview
Native nameقطارات مكة للنقل العام
Locale Mecca
Transit type Rapid Transit
Number of lines1 – Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro line (shuttle train for Hajj pilgrims)
3 (projected) [1] [2]
Number of stationsLine   S   – 9
Line   A    B    C    D   – 81 (projected) [2]
Operation
Began operationNovember 13, 2010
Technical
System length18.1 km (11.2 mi) (operational)
188 km (117 mi) (projected) [2]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The Mecca Metro or Makkah Metro is a metro system with four planned lines in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Metro was constructed by China Railway Construction Corporation [3] and is run by Mecca Mass Rail Transit Company (MMRTC). The metro forms part of the 62-billion-riyal Mecca Public Transport Programme (MPTP), which will include integrated bus services. [1] [4] [5]

Contents

The four proposed metro lines [5] will be in addition to the existing Al Mashaer Al Mugaddassah Metro line: 18.1 km, connecting Mecca, Arafat, Muzdalifa, and Mina opened in November 2010. [6] [7]

Many people utilize the Mecca Metro during the Hajj.

Planning

In August 2012, it was announced that the Saudi government had approved a US$16.5 billion budget to build four metro lines (182 kilometers (113 mi)) of the system. [8] The announcement gave an estimated time period to completion of 10 years. Invitations for tenders were due to be issued in January 2013. [9]

Four new lines are to be built. [10]

Work on the 188-kilometer (117 mi) long metro network with 87 new stations had been expected to commence construction in 2015, [1] then in 2016, [2] but had not started ever since. After a failed tender in 2017, [12] the Saudi government restarted the project in summer 2024 by ordering a feasibility study on phase 1 of the project. This phase with a US$8 billion budget covers planned line B and most parts of line C, while line A will be in the second phase, and line D plus a northern extension of line C will be part of phase 3. [11]

MMRTC has appointed Prasarana Malaysia to provide consultancy services during Phase 1, which covers the construction of two metro lines, totaling 45.1 km and 22 stations by 2019. [4] [ needs update ]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro Project, Macca Saudi Arabia". raillynews.com. 2013-10-25. Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Makkah to have four metro lines, 88 stations - Phase one of 188-km metro network to begin work in 2016". Gulf News . 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  3. ↑ "As China Woos Overseas Business, State-Owned Firms Take a Hit". Time . 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  4. 1 2 "Prasarana wins Makkah metro consultancy contract". Railway Gazette International . 2014-11-28.
  5. 1 2 "Jeddah and Makkah metro plans approved". Railway Gazette International. 2012-08-17.
  6. ↑ "Hajj pilgrims take the metro to Makkah". Railway Gazette International. 2010-11-15.
  7. ↑ "Mecca Metro" (PDF). SYSTRA . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  8. ↑ "Saudi Cabinet Approves $16.5 Billion Mecca Metro System". Bloomberg News . 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  9. ↑ "Makkah Metro tender to be issued in January". Saudi Gazette . 2012-10-25. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07.
  10. ↑ "Makkah metro expansion plan". Railway Gazette International. 2011-08-11.
  11. 1 2 Yasir Iqbal (2024-06-10). "Saudi Arabia restarts Mecca metro project". MEED. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  12. ↑ Abdel-Razzaq, Jumana (28 June 2017). "Official: Tender for Makkah Metro may be awarded in 2018". www.constructionweekonline.com. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
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