Mecca Metro


The Mecca Metro or Makkah Metro is a metro system with one-line with planned four-lines metro system for the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, constructed by China Railway Construction Corporation and run by Mecca Mass Rail Transit Company. The metro forms part of the 62-billion-riyal Mecca Public Transport Programme, which will include integrated bus services.
The four new metro lines will be in addition to the existing Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro line: 18.1 km, connecting Mecca, Arafat, Muzdalifa and Mina opened in November 2010.

Planning

In August 2012 it was announced that the Saudi government had approved US$16.5 billion to build the four metro lines of the system. The announcement of government financing said that the expansion would take 10 years. Invitations for tenders were due to be issued in January 2013.
Four new lines are to be built. Work had been expected to commence construction in 2015:
Work on the long metro network is now expected to commence in 2016.
MMRTC has appointed Prasarana Malaysia to provide consultancy services during Phase 1, which covers the construction of two metro lines totalling 45·1 km and 22 stations by 2019.
However, as of February 2017, construction contracts had still not yet been awarded. As of June 2017 construction contracts are expected to be awarded in 2018.