Makkah’s General Transport Center signs SAR5.66bn Wasel Al-Haram transport PPP with Alqaid-Moventis-Waskita and Mawgif consortiums

The General Transport Center, the executive arm of the Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites, has signed public-private partnership agreements worth SAR5.664bn ($1.51bn) for the three packages of the Wasel Al-Haram project, Saudi Gulf Projects reported on 9 November 2026. Packages 1 and 3 went to a consortium of Saudi Alqaid Co., Moventis and Waskita, and Package 2 to the Mawgif consortium.

The project is fully financed by the private sector. It covers 19 stations and car parks on seven corridors over 3.1 million square metres, with 3,200 buses serving 205 million passengers a year, over an investment period of 7 to 10 years. The agreements were signed at the opening of the sixth Hajj Conference and Exhibition.

The SAR5.664bn is the combined value of the three packages; values per package were not disclosed.

What to watch: Financial close and the start of operations on each package.

Sources: Saudi Gulf Projects, 9 November 2026. Reviewed 10 November 2026.