JAKARTA - A total of 27,000 buses have been prepared by the Ministry of Transportation and Logistics of Saudi Arabia as a means of land transportation for pilgrims during the peak of the Hajj season 1445 Hijri.
"We have land transportation by bus. More than 27,000 buses are prepared to transport pilgrims to the Grand Mosque," said Saudi Arabian Minister of Transportation and Logistics Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, June 15.
He estimates that at one time, the tens of thousands of buses will be able to carry around 1.2 million worshipers at once.
"If all of these fleets are lined up, then (the length) can be from Jeddah and Makkah, that means a very large fleet," he said again.
In addition to buses, according to Saleh Al-Jasser, the Haramain high-speed train connecting the holy cities of Makkah and Medina through Jeddah is also ready to carry around 3,000 passengers on a one-way at a speed of 300 km per hour.
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The government of Saudi Arabia, said Al-Jasser, has prepared various modes of transportation and logistics services ranging from air, sea, to rail transportation involving more than 47 thousand workers.
"Air transportation has the largest percentage in the transportation of foreign pilgrims. More than 90 percent come by air from various countries in the world," he also said.
In addition, said Saleh Al-Jasser, his ministry has also created various new innovations to increase the comfort of pilgrims, starting from the rubber road in Arafah, to the bus's electronic monitoring system.
"The electronic monitoring system for buses, so that buses don't strike in seconds. We have tried many new ideas and then evaluated them to serve Hajj pilgrims," he concluded.
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