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Selon le communiqué, le contrat sera formellement signé par Carlo Piacenza, vice-président Signalisation et solutions ferroviaires pour le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique chez Hitachi Rail, et par le Dr Bashar Al Malik, directeur général de SAR.","Le métro transporte les pèlerins entre Mina, Mouzdalifa et Arafat pendant le Hajj annuel. Le communiqué décrit le système comme long de 18 kilomètres, doté de neuf stations et conçu pour transporter environ 72 000 passagers par heure et par sens. Dans le cadre du contrat, SAR et Hitachi Rail doivent rénover et améliorer le système, en mettant l’accent sur la fiabilité, la performance opérationnelle et la durabilité du service à long terme.","Le communiqué n’indique ni la valeur du contrat, ni le périmètre détaillé, ni le calendrier. Il présente le contrat comme un prolongement du partenariat de longue date entre SAR et Hitachi Rail et comme un soutien aux objectifs de la Vision 2030 de l’Arabie saoudite."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-07T00:50:45+03:00","language":"fr","text":"Des éditions allemande et portugaise, ainsi que les traductions des explications des données et des corrections, ont été ajoutées à cet article."}],"country":"SA","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"أرقام المنظومة الواردة لمترو المشاعر المقدسة في البيان الصحفي لشركة Hitachi Rail بتاريخ 23 سبتمبر 2026.","de":"Angaben zum Al Mashaaer Al Muqaddassah Metro aus der Pressemitteilung von Hitachi Rail vom 23. 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