The 2024 Hajj operation of the Mecca Light Rail in Saudi Arabia, undertaken by China Railway Constru

At 18:00 local time on June 19th, Saudi Arabia

China Railway Construction undertakes the Saudi Arabia Mecca Light Rail

The 2024 Hajj operation task has been successfully completed

This is the 10th successful completion of the Hajj operation by China Railway Construction Corporation

This project is currently the world's largest designed operational capacity

The most complex operational model

The rail transit project with the heaviest operational tasks

Starting from 4am on June 13th

In 7 days and 6 nights

In operating environments with temperatures as high as 51.8 ℃

The project team worked continuously for 158 hours

Accumulated operating mileage of over 50000 kilometers

Accumulated issuance of 2206 trains

Transporting over 2.094 million passengers

Successfully completed the Hajj operation task with zero accidents

Since the Mecca Light Rail Project was officially put into operation in 2010, China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has undertaken operational tasks from

 2010 to 2014, 2018 to 2019, and 2022 to 2024, successfully transporting over 25 million pilgrims. Faced with pilgrims from all over the world, China Railway 

Construction Corporation (CRCC) has creatively combined China's railway "Spring Festival travel" operation and management technology experience with the

 operational needs of the Mecca light rail in Saudi Arabia. Based on the pilgrimage process and passenger flow bands, CRCC has developed multiple operation

 modes and established the brand of Chinese enterprise rail operation in the Middle East, receiving high praise from various sectors of Saudi society 

and Muslims around the world.

The China Railway Construction Mecca Light Rail Project has created a "golden signboard" for Chinese enterprises in the Middle East, and has also contributed corporate strength to friendly exchanges between China and Saudi Arabia.   The article points out that the light rail project laid by Chinese companies in the holy city of Mecca provides convenient services for Muslim pilgrims from around the world. Passenger Faisal from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has a deep understanding of this. "The Mecca light rail made our pilgrimage journey convenient and smooth. It gave my friends and I a perfect riding experience!" said Faisal after taking the train.

Saudi Minister of Transport Saleh Jahir personally experienced the Mecca Light Rail and expressed recognition for the work of the operation and maintenance team. Dr. Bashar, CEO of Saudi Arabian Railway Company, and several executives from the owner side, affirmed the excellent performance and dedication of the operation and maintenance team over the years, believing that the Mecca Light Rail Project is a model project for cooperation between the two parties and a model for sustainable development.

To cope with this year's extreme high temperature and humidity weather, the station platform desert air conditioning system operates 24 hours a day, utilizing water vapor evaporation to achieve cooling effects and provide suitable temperature and humidity inside the platform. China Railway Construction pays attention to multicultural care, provides multilingual services, carefully designs light rail carriage facilities, introduces intelligent real-time information systems, and provides passengers with a more convenient and comfortable riding environment.

China Railway Construction attaches great importance to the career development of local employees. Over the past 10 years, it has continuously customized training materials for local employees, carried out systematic vocational training and "Chinese mentoring" activities, and trained about 60000 foreign employees, covering multiple positions such as core station employees and train attendants. It has trained more than 600 high-level technical talents, enabling more foreign employees to enter management positions.

China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) focuses on integrating internal and external resources within the system, driving the synergy of China's industrial chain, supply chain, and service chain to go global. The project team focuses on strengthening international resource allocation, and has collaborated with more than 30 domestic and foreign enterprises such as China Railway Beijing Group, Siemens, and Audis to establish an integrated operation system, solving world-class rail transit operation and maintenance problems, demonstrating China Railway Construction's technical strength and cooperative attitude towards fulfilling commitments.

The operation of the Mecca light rail in Saudi Arabia has achieved a dual improvement in social and economic benefits. Under the positive influence of this project, China Railway Construction International has successively entered multiple fields such as housing construction, railways, sports venue construction, and livelihood guarantee engineering in the Middle East, laying a solid foundation for China Railway Construction's high-quality development in the Saudi Arabian market.

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