It also carries pilgrims performing Umrah throughout the year.
The first bombing occurred when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle laden with explosives hit a bus carrying Shia pilgrims.
There is an inclined lift to carry pilgrims and visitors further uphill.
In 1985 she carried Muslim pilgrims on the Red Sea.
The cadres opened fire at a bus carrying pilgrims to Kataragama.
Some years earlier a train carrying pilgrims had been so seriously held up that its journey had taken twenty-four hours rather than seven or eight.
A total of 5 metro lines are planned to carry pilgrims to the religious sites.
She sailed with them for the next few years, making voyages carrying pilgrims to Jeddah, and at times operating under charter.
Military aircraft were removed from the airports to make way for increased commercial traffic carrying pilgrims from other countries.
The Saudi authorities let the plane proceed after being told it was carrying pilgrims to Mecca.