article_snippet: Mecca and Medina are on the high speed train network that links KAEC with the two holy cities.
article_snippet: one hour and twenty minutes drive away and Medina is three hours by car.
article_snippet: The Haramain train station will open at the end of this year and has been designed by British architect Norman Foster, also the man behind London's 'Gerkin' skyscraper and New York's Hearst Tower.
article_snippet: The Haramain train station will provide acceleration to area's developmental plan and will reduce the journey to Jeddah to 30 minutes.