JEDDAH: About 30 to 50 percent of the Mashair Railway (Makkah Metro) will be used this Haj season, according to Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Khodairy, undersecretary at Makkah governorate and chairman of the Executive Haj Committee. Speaking about new services being provided to pilgrims this year, he said: “The expansion of masaa (the running area between […]

DAMMAM: The contract for implementing the final phase of the Haramain Railway project will be awarded by the end of this year, Transport Minister Jabara Al-Seraisry said Wednesday. “We’ll study the financial and technical offers made by companies vying to win the contract before the end of this year to announce the winner,” the minister […]