Editing Mecca (section)

===Rapid transit===
'''Al Masha'er Al Muqaddassah Metro'''

The [[Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro|Al Masha'er Al Muqaddassah Metro]] is a metro line in Mecca opened on 13 November 2010.<ref name="opening2">{{cite magazine|date=15 November 2010|title=Hajj pilgrims take the metro to Mecca|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/hajj-pilgrims-take-the-metro-to-makkah.html|magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203184240/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/hajj-pilgrims-take-the-metro-to-makkah.html|archive-date=3 December 2010}}</ref> The 18.1-kilometer (11.2-mile) elevated metro transports pilgrims to the holy sites of '[[Mount Arafat|Arafat]], [[Muzdalifah]] and [[Mina, Saudi Arabia|Mina]] in the city to reduce congestion on the road and is only operational during the ''[[Hajj]]'' season.<ref name="rgi20090624">{{cite magazine|date=24 June 2009|title=Mecca metro contracts signed|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//makkah-metro-contracts-signed.html|magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228180304/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/makkah-metro-contracts-signed.html|archive-date=28 February 2010|access-date=25 June 2009}}
</ref> It consists of nine stations, three in each of the aforementioned towns.

'''Mecca Metro'''

The [[Mecca Metro]], officially known as '''Makkah Mass Rail Transit''', is a planned four-line [[Rapid transit|metro]] system for the city.<ref name="approved">{{cite magazine|date=17 August 2012|title=Jeddah and Makkah metro plans approved|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/jeddah-and-makkah-metro-plans-approved.html|magazine=[[Railway Gazette International]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143011/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/jeddah-and-makkah-metro-plans-approved.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> This will be in addition to<ref name="approved" /> the [[Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro|Al Masha'er Al Muqaddassah Metro]] which carries pilgrims.