The first batch of pilgrims performing the annual Hajj arrived from Jeddah and Madinah to Makkah via Haramain train services

The fastest electric train in the Middle East has transported the first group of pilgrims from Jeddah and Madinah to Makkah to start the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, according to the state-run SPA news agency on Friday.

As the Haramain train services arrivals from the airport to transport them to Makkah, with a fleet of 15 trains and a capacity of 1.5 million seats, the transport and logistics system provides its services through one of the longest trains in the world to the pilgrims of the Grand Mosque in order to enhance integration and interdependence with all modes of transport.

Its road network is for 453 km, and its top speed is 300 kilometres per hour.

35 electric trains are used to run the Haramain express train, which has a capacity of 417 passengers per train and is divided into 13 carriages with a total of 304 economy class seats and 113 business class seats spread across five business class compartments, catering services, and eight economy class compartments.