Dear MEL Topic Readers,
For the first time, high-speed rail available
during Hajj pilgrimage
The Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam.
Muslims are required to perform this pilgrimage once in their lifetime if they
are physically and financially able. During Hajj, pilgrims travel to Mecca,
Saudi Arabia to perform a series of rituals, including walking
counter-clockwise seven times around the Kaaba, the cube-shaped building. In
2019, over 1.8 million foreign pilgrims and 700 thousand domestic pilgrims are
expected to travel to Mecca during the five days undertake the annual Islamic
pilgrimage started on August 9.
This year, some of those pilgrims can take
advantage of the Haramain high-speed railway that began operational last October.
It links 450 kilometers between the Muslim holy cities of Medina and Mecca via King
Abdulaziz International Airport only in two hours at a speed of 300 kilometers
per hour. The electrified double-track line is designed to run the trains at the
temperatures ranging from 0 °C to 50 °C, the highest temperature in the desert
kingdom at the speed.
Though it won’t change the ground temperatures,
the highspeed train service surely helps those who could book their seats to perform
their services more comfortably and memorably.
Enjoy reading the article and watching the video
about the Haji and highspeed train service.
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