Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Transport Dr. Nabil Al-Amoudi, Board Chairman of the Saudi Railways, announced that Al-Haramain (two holy mosques) speed train, which has suspended operation following a huge fire at its Jeddah station, is set to resume within 30 days.
In a statement following an inspection tour of the incident location, where revamp work is underway, the minister said the train will use the new King Abdulaziz airport station, to serve Jeddah travelers in addition to Makkah stations and King Abdullah economic city and Al-Madinah Al-Munwwarah stations, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported
A massive fire had ripped through the high-speed train station on Sunday, leaving at least five people injured in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah. Videos posted on social media showed black plumes of smoke billowing out of the Haramain train station and helicopters flying over the scene. Online videos showed nearly a dozen people on the roof of the structure. There was no immediate known cause of the fire.
The €6.7 billion ($7.3 billion) Haramain Railway was inaugurated last September to connect the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina with the Red Sea city of Jeddah with electric trains traveling up to 300 kilometers per hour (186 miles per hour).
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