Jeddah’s new King Abdul Aziz International Airport is expected to have two railway stations to help facilitate the flow of pilgrims to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, according to Abdullah Rahaimy, head of the General Authority of Civil Aviation.

“The construction of the two stations is planned with the Saudi Railway Organisation to coincide with the establishment of the new airport, which is to be constructed soon,” he said.
Rahaimy said the first phase of the new airport involves constructing terminals to accommodate 30 million passengers a year.
He said that the expansion projects would be studied every five years according to the growth of air traffic in the region.
The projects would include development and upgrade of the current terminals, including adding new operating systems and facilities, runways, lights, and fuel connections. The projects, he said, will start as soon as the bidding process for contractors was complete.