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Haramain High Speed Railway Increases Makkah-Madinah Trips for Ramadan's Final 10 Days

Each train carries 417 passengers - SPA
Each train carries 417 passengers - SPA
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Haramain High Speed Railway Increases Makkah-Madinah Trips for Ramadan's Final 10 Days

Each train carries 417 passengers - SPA
Each train carries 417 passengers - SPA

The Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) had previously announced its Ramadan operational plan, which included 1.6 million seats and 3,400 trips.

To accommodate the surge in Umrah performers during the final 10 days, 130 additional daily trips were added.
The Haramain High Speed Railway increased station gate capacity from eight to 24 and added two terminals for arrivals and departures to enhance passenger experience during the last 10 days of Ramadan, SPA reported.
Complimentary transportation services were also provided between the station and the Prophet's Mosque for elderly passengers and individuals with special needs.
The Haramain High Speed Railway, among the world's top 10 fastest electric railways with a speed of 300 km/h, and a major transportation project in the Middle East, connects Makkah, Madinah, Jeddah, King Abdulaziz International Airport, and King Abdullah Economic City.

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A NASA Spacecraft Will Make Another Close Pass of the Sun

This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP, File)
This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP, File)
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A NASA Spacecraft Will Make Another Close Pass of the Sun

This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP, File)
This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP, File)

A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the sizzling solar atmosphere.

The Parker Solar Probe made its record-breaking first pass within 3.8 million miles (6 million kilometers) of the scorching sun in December, flying closer than any object sent before.

Plans called for it to attempt that journey again on Saturday. Since the flyby happens out of communication range, the mission team won't hear back from Parker until Tuesday afternoon.

Parker is the fastest spacecraft built by humans, and is once again set to hit 430,000 mph (690,000 kph) at closest approach.

Launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun, Parker has since flown straight through its crownlike outer atmosphere, or corona.

Scientists hope the data from Parker will help them better understand why the sun’s outer atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than its surface and what drives the solar wind, the supersonic stream of charged particles constantly blasting away from the sun.