Saudi Arabia’s first high speed railway opens to the public

Saudi Arabia’s high-speed railway, The Haramain High Speed Rail system opened to the public on Thursday, transporting 417 passengers from Makkah to...

Infrastructure

Louis Berger wins $100m transport contract in Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Louis Berger, the international engineering consultancy, has won a $100 million consultancy contract for an ambitious public-transport programme in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.The...

Construction

$14.7 billion mixed-use project comprising 100 towers to be constructed in Madinah

RELATED ARTICLES: Phase 2 of Grand Mosque Makkah nears full completion | Top developer says rural migration behind KSA housing crisis | Surge in housing projects predicted...

Construction

Prophet’s Mosque expansion plan underway

RELATED ARTICLES: Rising costs threaten Saudi real-estate market | New Makkah projects will cater for more pilgrims | Saudi King orders immediate start...

Construction

TATA Steel to manufacture 60,000 tonnes of steel for Holy Cities railway

[caption id="attachment_15790" align="aligncenter" width="528"] TATA Steel's Scunthorpe plant will begin rolling out the steel required for the railway at the end of...

Construction

Saudi King orders immediate start to Prophet’s Mosque expansion

[caption id="attachment_14473" align="aligncenter" width="448"] Work on the expansion of the Prophet's Mosque is set to begin immediately.[/caption] RELATED ARTICLES: Concerns raised over Saudi...

Construction

KSA starts Prophet’s Mosque expansion

[caption id="attachment_11007" align="aligncenter" width="450"] The Mosque will be able to accomodate 1.8m worshippers at a time once the expansion is complete.[/caption] King...