Haramain high-speed railway

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high-speed railway line rail transport infrastructure

The Haramain high-speed railway is a modern high-speed rail line in Saudi Arabia that connects the holy cities of Mecca and Medina via Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City, facilitating rapid travel for pilgrims and residents.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Haramain High Speed Rail	1
Haramain High Speed Railway	1
Haramain Railway	1
Makkah–Medina high-speed railway	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	high-speed railway line ⓘ rail transport infrastructure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Haramain high-speed railway ⓘ surface form: Haramain High Speed Rail Haramain high-speed railway ⓘ surface form: Haramain Railway Haramain high-speed railway ⓘ surface form: Makkah–Medina high-speed railway Western Railway zone ⓘ surface form: Western Railway
builtBy	Al-Shoula consortium ⓘ Saudi companies ⓘ Spanish companies ⓘ
commercialOperatingSpeed	300 km/h ⓘ
connects	Jeddah ⓘ King Abdullah Economic City ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Medina ⓘ
constructionBegan	2009 ⓘ
country	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
designedMaximumSpeed	300 km/h ⓘ
electrification	25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
environment	desert climate ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasSignallingSystem	ETCS Level 2 ⓘ European Train Control System ⓘ
hasStation	Jeddah station ⓘ King Abdulaziz International Airport ⓘ surface form: King Abdulaziz International Airport station King Abdullah Economic City station ⓘ Mecca ⓘ surface form: Mecca station Medina station ⓘ
isElectrified	yes ⓘ
isPartOf	Saudi national rail network ⓘ
length	approximately 450 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Western Saudi Arabia ⓘ surface form: western Saudi Arabia
opened	2018 ⓘ
openedForCommercialService	2018 ⓘ
operator	Al-Shoula consortium ⓘ Saudi Railways Organization ⓘ surface form: Saudi Railway Company
owner	Saudi Railways Organization ⓘ surface form: Saudi Railway Company Saudi Railways Organization ⓘ
primaryPurpose	passenger transport ⓘ transport of pilgrims ⓘ
purpose	reduce travel time between Mecca and Medina ⓘ
regionServed	Hejaz ⓘ
rollingStockType	electric multiple unit ⓘ
serves	Hajj pilgrims ⓘ Umrah pilgrims ⓘ residents of western Saudi Arabia ⓘ
terminus	Mecca ⓘ Medina ⓘ
trackConfiguration	double track ⓘ
travelTimeMeccaMedina	about 2.5 hours ⓘ
typeOfService	intercity rail ⓘ
usesRollingStockModel	Talgo 350 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haramain high-speed railway → alsoKnownAs → Haramain high-speed railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Haramain Railway

Haramain high-speed railway → alsoKnownAs → Haramain high-speed railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Haramain High Speed Rail

Haramain high-speed railway → alsoKnownAs → Haramain high-speed railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Makkah–Medina high-speed railway

Medina → hasRailConnection → Haramain high-speed railway ⓘ

this entity surface form: Haramain High Speed Railway

Mecca → servedBy → Haramain high-speed railway ⓘ