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=== Rail === ====Intercity==== In 2018, the [[Haramain High Speed Railway]] entered operation, connecting the holy cities of Mecca and [[Medina]] together via [[Jeddah]], [[King Abdulaziz International Airport]] and [[King Abdullah Economic City]] in [[Rabigh]].<ref name="rgi20090423">{{cite news|date=23 April 2009|title=High speed stations for a high speed railway|work=[[Railway Gazette International]]|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/high-speed-stations-for-a-high-speed-railway.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619124828/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/high-speed-stations-for-a-high-speed-railway.html|archive-date=19 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="Arabnews">{{Cite web|date=11 October 2018|title=Saudi Arabia's Haramain High-Speed Railway opens to public|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/1386191/saudi-arabia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414052459/http://www.arabnews.com/node/1386191/saudi-arabia|archive-date=14 April 2019|access-date=14 April 2019|website=Arab News|language=en}}</ref> The railway consists of 35 [[Electric locomotive|electric trains]] and is capable of transporting 60 million passengers annually. Each train can achieve speeds of up to 300 kmh (190 mph), traveling a total distance of 450 km (280 mi), reducing the travel time between the two cities to less than two hours.<ref name="arwmmcc"> {{cite news|date=9 February 2009|title=Al Rajhi wins Makkah β Madinah civils contract|work=[[Railway Gazette International]]|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/al-rajhi-wins-makkah-madinah-civils-contract.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619124810/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/al-rajhi-wins-makkah-madinah-civils-contract.html|archive-date=19 June 2010}} </ref><ref name="Arabnews" /> {{Collapsible list | expand = | framestyle = | titlestyle = | title = Services at Mecca station | liststyle = | hlist = | bullets = | 1 = {{anchor|station}} {{adjacent stations|system=Saudi Arabia Railways |line=Haramain High Speed Railway|left=Jeddah}} }}
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