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Article: Monorail to link Jeddah districts.
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- Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
- Article date:
- April 15, 2009
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Byline: P.K. Abdul Ghafour
JEDDAH: A SR21-billion monorail project will soon be established along Jeddah's 12 main streets as part of a comprehensive transport system to facilitate traffic in the city. Transport Minister Jabara Al-Seraisry yesterday presented a major plan to develop public transport in Jeddah to Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal during a meeting at the governor's office.
"Prince Khaled heard a detailed presentation from the minister about the project which will be carried out in three phases," the Saudi Press Agency said.
The new public transport system, which includes monorails, buses and trams linking Jeddah's residential ...