Makkah to Madinah New High speed train Haramain for Umrah Hajj Pilgrims, for local passengers too.. The Haramain High Speed Rail project also known as the "Western Railway" or "Makkah-Medina high speed railway", is a 453-kilometre-long (281 mi) high-speed inter-city rail transport system under construction in Saudi Arabia.[2] It will link the Muslim holy cities of Medina and Mecca via King Abdullah Economic City, Rabigh, Jeddah, using 449.2 kilometres (279.1 mi) of main line and a 3.75-kilometre