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Makkah Metro
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 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. The four proposed metro lines 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. Many people utilize the Mecca Metro during the Hajj. The price for the metro is 250 riyals, with prices lowering to 100 riyals if traveling on the last day of 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 () of the system. The announcement gave an estimated time period to completion of 10 years. Invitations for tenders were due to be issued i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecca
Mecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia; it is the Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. It is inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley above sea level. Its metropolitan population in 2022 was 2.4million, making it the List of cities in Saudi Arabia by population, third-most populated city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh and Jeddah. Around 44.5% of the population are Saudis, Saudi citizens and around 55.5% are Muslim world, Muslim foreigners from other countries. Pilgrims more than triple the population number every year during the Pilgrimage#Islam, pilgrimage, observed in the twelfth Islamic calendar, Hijri month of . With over 10.8 million international visitors in 2023, Mecca was one of the ten List of cities by international visitors, most visited cities in the world. Mecca is generally considered "the fountainhead and cradle of Islam". Mecca is revered in Islam as the birthp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, '' Bloomberg Businessweek'', '' Bloomberg Markets'', Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg's mobile platforms. Since 2015, John Micklethwait has been editor-in-chief. History Bloomberg News was founded by Michael Bloomberg and Matthew Winkler in 1990 to deliver financial news reporting to Bloomberg Terminal subscribers. The agency was established in 1990 with a team of six people. Winkler was first editor-in-chief. In 2010, Bloomberg News included more than 2,300 editors and reporters in 72 countries and 146 news bureaus worldwide. Beginnings (1990–1995) Bloomberg Business News was created to expand the services offered through the terminals. According to Matthew Winkler, then a writer for ''The Wall Street Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid Transit In Saudi Arabia
Rapid(s) or RAPID may refer to: Hydrological features * Rapids, sections of a river with turbulent water flow * Rapid Creek (Iowa River tributary), Iowa, United States * Rapid Creek (South Dakota), United States, namesake of Rapid City Sports teams * SK Rapid Wien, an Austrian club * FC Rapid Ghidighici, a Moldovan club * SK Rapid, a Norwegian club * FC Rapid București, a Romanian club * FK Rapid Bratislava, a Slovak club * SV Rapid Marburg, a Yugoslav former club that today would be Slovene * Colorado Rapids, an American team Transportation * ''Rapid'' (brig), the ship that brought William Light's surveying party to South Australia in 1836 * The Rapid, popular name of RTA Rapid Transit, the rail transit service of Cleveland and surrounding Cuyahoga County, Ohio * The Rapid, a bus system in the Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan area * Rapid (San Diego), a BRT system serving the Greater San Diego region in California * Rapid Rail, a rapid transit operator in Malaysia * Rapi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecca Metro
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 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. The four proposed metro lines 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. Many people utilize the Mecca Metro during the Hajj. The price for the metro is 250 riyals, with prices lowering to 100 riyals if traveling on the last day of 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 () of the system. The announcement gave an estimated time period to completion of 10 years. Invitations for tenders were due to be issued i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riyadh Metro
The Riyadh Metro (, ) is a rapid transit, rapid transit system serving Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Part of the King Abdulaziz Project for Riyadh Public Transport, it is the longest driverless metro in the world. The system consists of six lines connecting 85 stations spanning a combined length of 176 kilometers (109 mi). This is the second metro system in Saudi Arabia, after the Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro line, Sacred Sites Train Line in Mecca, the fourth on the Arabian Peninsula, sixth in the Arab world, Arab World, and fifteenth in the Middle East. The project cost $22.5 billion to build. It was opened on December 1, 2024. History In June 2013, a shortlist of three major global consortia was chosen to build the metro. Contracts were awarded in July 2013, with construction planned to start in 2014 and take 4 years. The groundbreaking ceremony was celebrated on April 4, 2014. It was built by construction companies including Bechtel, Almabani General Contractors, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madinah Metro
The Medina Metro or Madinah Metro is a planned three-line metro system for the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia. Planning On 4 November 2013 the Saudi cabinet announced that a metro would be built in Madinah within eight years. A committee for the project was to be chaired by the Governor of Medina, Prince Faisal bin Salman. In March 2015 the Madinah Metro Development Authority (MMDA) awarded French companies Systra (consortium leader) and Egis Group a 12-month contract to carry out feasibility studies and produce preliminary design for the metro. The network is to be built in two phases for opening in the 2020s. Network * Line * Line * Line Total route length of 95 km. 25 km would be underground and 48 km elevated. See also * Jeddah Metro * Makkah Metro * Riyadh Metro * Haramain High Speed Rail Project * List of metro systems References {{Rail transport in Saudi Arabia Rapid transit in Saudi Arabia Metro Metro may refer to: Geography * Metro C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeddah Metro
The Jeddah Metro is a proposed metro system in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Several lines will be built over the course of at least five years that eventually aim to increase public transport commuter share to 30% from the current 1%-2%. Planning The metro was approved in March 2013. SYSTRA was chosen as the project engineer in 2014. A number of opening dates have been floated; however the project has been long delayed. Foster and Partners is to design the stations, trains and branding. Network A total of three lines are planned. Phase 1 would link the King Abdulaziz International Airport with the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, central Al-Ruwais and Al-Khozam. * Line * Line * Line A tram line is also planned. See also * Makkah Metro * Madinah Metro * Riyadh Metro * Haramain High Speed Rail Project * List of metro systems References External links Jeddah Metro Companyon Wayback Machine The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prasarana Malaysia
Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) (English: Malaysian Infrastructure Limited) is a government-owned company which was set up by Ministry of Finance (Malaysia) as a corporate body established under the Minister of Finance (Incorporation) Act 1957 to own the assets of multi-modal public transport operator in Malaysia, under the government's move to restructure the city's public transport system. It is one of the largest public-transport companies in Malaysia other than Konsortium Transnasional Berhad. As a government-owned company since 1998, it operates stage bus and light metro services via several wholly owned subsidiaries. Subsidiaries The new Prasarana structure including the creation of four new entities – Rapid Rail, Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd; Rapid Bus, Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd; Prasarana Integrated Management and Engineering Services Sdn Bhd (PRIME); and Prasarana Integrated Development Sdn Bhd (PRIDE). Service brand * Rapid KL trains operated by Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf News
''Gulf News'' is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. First launched in 1978, it is distributed throughout the UAE and also in other Persian Gulf countries. Its online edition was launched in 1996. Through its owner Al Nisr Publishing, it is a subsidiary of the Al Tayer Group, which is chaired by UAE Finance Minister Obaid Al Tayer. History and profile ''Gulf News'' was first launched in tabloid format on 30 September 1978, but struggled in its early years. In November 1984, three UAE businessmen purchased the company and formed Al Nisr Publishing. The new owners of the paper were Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Al Rostamani and Juma Al Majid. With the death of Abdullah Al Rostamani in 2006, his position on the board is held by a family nominee while the other directors remain. Under new ownership, ''Gulf News'' was relaunched on 10 December 1985 and was free to the public. From February 1986, the public was charged one dirham (US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haramain High Speed Railway
The Haramain High Speed Railway (, , abbreviated HHR), is a passenger railway serving the Mecca and Medina provinces in western Saudi Arabia. The main line directly connects the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina (collectively known as the Haramain), via Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City. A branch line provides connections to the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. It opened to the public on 11 October 2018. The HHR has a service speed of , making it the first high-speed railway in Saudi Arabia and West Asia. Construction began in March 2009 and the railway was officially inaugurated on 25 September 2018, opening to the public on 11 October 2018. History Construction Construction began in March 2009, and the project was originally slated for completion in 2012. Having opened in 2018, the HHR took six years longer to complete than anticipated. The total contract value was approximately US$9.4 billion. 2019 Al-Sulimaniyah–Jeddah Station fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Gazette
''Saudi Gazette'' is an English-language daily newspaper launched in 1976 and published in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is only available online, as the print version was discontinued in 2019. It is the second English-language daily newspaper in Saudi Arabia. Published by Okaz Organization for Press and Publication, ''Saudi Gazette'' is pro-government. See also * List of newspapers in Saudi Arabia Most of the early newspapers in the Persian Gulf region were established in Saudi Arabia. The first newspaper founded in the country and in the Persian Gulf area is ''Al Fallah'', which was launched in Mecca in 1920. All of the newspapers publishe ... References 1976 establishments in Saudi Arabia Newspapers established in 1976 English-language newspapers published in Arab countries Newspapers published in Saudi Arabia Mass media in Jeddah Arab mass media Online newspapers with defunct print editions {{Asia-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Government
The politics of Saudi Arabia takes place in the context of a unitary absolute monarchy, along traditional Islamist lines, where the King is both the head of state and government. Decisions are, to a large extent, made on the basis of consultation among the King, the Council of Ministers, Islamic scholars (until the mid-2010s), tribal leaders, and other traditional elites of the society. Saudi government is authoritarian, although some analysts have characterized the government of Mohammed bin Salman as totalitarian. The Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, is the ''de facto'' ruler of Saudi Arabia. Under his rule, he has centralized policymaking, purged competing political elites, and dismantled pre-existing power-sharing dynamics. The Basic Law of Saudi Arabia contains many characteristics of what might be called a constitution in other countries. The Qur'an and the Sunnah is declared as the official constitution of the country. The kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
