DAMMAM, 28 August 2007 — The Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) issued the Request for Technical Proposals (RFTP) for the Makkah-Madinah Rail Link (MMRL) project to short-listed six companies, Abdul Aziz Al-Hokail, president of SRO, said in a statement yesterday.
“The RFTP has been issued to the six consortiums of Saudi Binladen, Al-Rajhi (MADA), Saudi Oger, Saudi Japanese, Al-Shola MMRL and OHL,” he said.
The MMRL Project will lay a 450-kilometer high-speed passenger rail track between the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah.
The railway project contract will also include the construction of passenger stations in Makkah, Jeddah Airport, Jeddah City and Madinah.