Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

3 Oct 2018

High-speed trains help the progress of Hajj pilgrims

For centuries they have arrived on foot, by donkey, and latterly in cars and buses. Now pilgrims to Islam’s holiest sites will be able to get there by high-speed train.A new rail link in Saudi Arabia takes about two hours to run between Mecca and Medina, the homes of the Haramain, or two holy mosque

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