Minister of Transport: the implementation of the Haramain train project by more than 30 billion

The Minister of Transport and Chairman of the Board of Directors General of Railways, Dr. Jabara bin Eid Suraiseri, that the negotiations between the negotiating team, which is a form of experts and officials from the Ministry of Transport and Public Investment Fund and the General Organization of Railways and international consultants, and a coalition of the flame of Spain, concluded the agreement on all the points to be negotiated, according to the conditions and document the work of the second phase of train Holy rapid, and most importantly the implementation of the project is $ 30 billion and 815 million riyals, and provide 35 trains with each train 13 coaches, including coach of the first class and the other for the restaurant with health facilities.
He pointed out that the coalition will be the maintenance of civil works on the path of the train, starting from the receipt of maintenance from the contractor for the first phase, the processing of an advanced center for the implementation of a training plan and training a workforce of Saudi Arabia, under a growth rate of Saudization of up to 75%, also pledged to the coalition the implementation of the amendments may occur in the civil works, with the provision of any additional methods required for the implementation or maintenance of project facilities, and will implement the project in a period not exceeding three years, beginning from the date of receipt of the site.
The Minister of Transport to train the Two Holy characterized by high speed exceeding 300 kilometers per hour, which cuts the distance between Mecca and Jeddah in less than half an hour, and cut the distance between Medina and Jeddah in less than two hours, useful that it has recently signed contracts for the implementation of phase One of the project, which includes the construction of the path of the train and made ready to start the second phase of the project, which was recently agreed upon, were also signed contracts for the train stations in both Mecca and Medina, Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City, the fifth station, which lies at the airport in King Abdulaziz International, it will be implemented within the project of building the airport.