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What Is the Passenger Capacity of al-Mashaaer al-Mugaddassah Metro Line?

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What Is the Passenger Capacity of al-Mashaaer al-Mugaddassah Metro Line?
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Al-Mashaaer al-Mugaddassah Metro Line has a passenger capacity of 360,000 pilgrims across more than two thousand trips over seven days. The metro, which launched its first trip in 2010, connects the holy sites starting from the Arafat Holy Site to the Jamarat Bridge, passing through Muzdalifah Holy Site. Its railway spans twenty km and operates with seventeen trains, all of which are controlled by automated systems. Each train consists of twelve carriages, totaling 204 carriages, each accommodating three hundred passengers. The metro can reach a speed of up to 120 km/h.

The metro has nine stations, with each holy site having three elevated stations, each three hundred m long. It starts at the first station in Arafat and stops at the next two stations, then stops at each of the three stations in Muzdalifah Holy Site, as well as the stations in Mina. It stops at its last station, the 'Jamarat Bridge'.