HOLY SITES TRAIN

Habeeb Al-Abideen, Deputy Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs of Saudi Arabia, has said that the Holy Sites Train will undergo its first test run in 60 days’ time in Arafat. Al-Abideen said that work was currently being conducted on the two electric stations for the train and that their supply current would be available “within a few weeks”. “It’s a high speed train raised on single-support columns and passes down the centre of the road,” the deputy minister said.
According to Al-Abideen, the train will be capable of transporting 70,000 passengers every hour and at speeds between 50 and 70kph.