Okaz/Saudi Gazette

MAKKAH — The Common Transport Middle below the Royal Fee for Makkah Metropolis and Holy Websites (RCMC) introduced on Sunday that it’ll begin gathering SR4 per ticket from passengers who avail of the Makkah Bus Challenge efficient from Nov. 1.

Although RCMC formally launched the undertaking on Sunday after the top of the trial interval, the precise launching of its built-in paid companies will start on Nov. 1. The fare of SR4 will cowl all of the built-in companies it makes out there to the beneficiaries. Particular packages and costs might be out there for numerous classes inside time frames that go well with all beneficiaries.

The Makkah Bus Challenge launched the built-in paid companies, below the slogan “Collectively on the Path,” after the top of the trial interval that benefited greater than 100 million folks. The free trial interval began on February 15, 2022 and it’ll finish by Oct. 31, 2023.

The middle indicated that the launch of built-in companies goals to enhance high quality inside the framework of sustainable growth, and to try diligently to fulfill beneficiaries. Tickets might be out there by a number of channels, comparable to the web site, the official utility for the undertaking, and from ticket merchandising machines out there all through the holy metropolis of Makkah.

It’s noteworthy that the Makkah Bus Challenge achieved success through the trial interval throughout which it was capable of serve the residents and guests of Makkah by 12 routes, and for a distance extending greater than 560 kilometers, by 400 buses and greater than 800 drivers and 438 stations positioned all around the Makkah metropolis.

The Makkah Bus undertaking will contribute to serving the residents and guests of Makkah and enhancing the standard of life by offering secure and quick buses on much less crowded and extra organized roads.

The undertaking is a part of a strategic plan geared toward enhancing public transport companies inside Makkah below the supervision of the RCMC. It contributes to preserving the protection of beneficiaries, and the benefit and velocity of their motion all through Makkah, along with bringing down visitors congestion and dangerous carbon emissions.