The Madinah Bus project, overseen by Al Madinah Region Development Authority, announced that its shuttle services to and from the Prophet’s Mosque and Quba Mosque benefited over 850,000 people during the first 20 days of Ramadan, an increase of more than 72% compared to last year.
SPA reported the figure on March 24, 2025, from Madinah, placing the total at more than 850,000 beneficiaries across the opening 20 days of the month.
Since the first night of Ramadan, the city’s buses have been transporting worshippers and visitors across seven routes to the Prophet’s Mosque and one route to the Quba Mosque.
That is eight routes in total: seven leading to the Prophet’s Mosque and a single route serving Quba Mosque. How many of those 850,000 riders travelled the Quba Mosque line rather than one of the seven Prophet’s Mosque lines? The source does not break the total down by route.
The comparison the authority offered is a year-on-year one. The more than 72% increase is measured against last year, though the source does not state last year’s figure in absolute terms. What would that earlier number have to be for a 72% rise to land above 850,000? The source leaves the arithmetic to the reader.
The window is precise: the first 20 days of Ramadan. The count therefore covers the opening stretch of the month, not the whole of it. Does the busiest period for the shuttles fall inside those 20 days or in the days that follow? The source does not say.
Two mosques anchor the network. The Prophet’s Mosque is served by seven routes; Quba Mosque by one. Worshippers and visitors are named together as the passengers the buses carried. Who among them were residents of Madinah and who were visitors from elsewhere? The source does not separate the two groups.
The project carries the name Madinah Bus and sits under Al Madinah Region Development Authority. The announcement came from that authority, according to SPA, and was dated today in the report filed from Madinah.
The timing of the announcement matters to how the numbers should be read. The figure was released on March 24, 2025, while Ramadan was still under way, covering the 20 days that had passed rather than a completed month. Would a full-month tally have been higher still? The source does not project one.
What the report establishes is a set of concrete elements: a named project, a named overseeing authority, two named mosques, a route count of seven plus one, a beneficiary total above 850,000, a 20-day window at the start of Ramadan, and a year-on-year rise above 72%. Each of those is sourced. None of them is extrapolated.
What the report does not include is equally clear. There is no figure for last year’s beneficiaries, no daily average, no breakdown by route or by mosque, no count of buses deployed, no staffing figure, and no statement about how long the shuttle service will continue. Where the total might land by the end of Ramadan is not addressed.
The seven routes to the Prophet’s Mosque and the single route to Quba Mosque were in operation from the first night of Ramadan, according to the announcement. That start date is the beginning of the period the 850,000 figure covers. How the load was distributed across those nights is not stated.
For readers following the service, the headline number is the one the authority chose to release: more than 850,000 people in 20 days, up more than 72% on last year, across eight routes serving two mosques in Madinah. The rest of the operational detail remains with the authority.
How many people used the Madinah Bus shuttles in the first 20 days of Ramadan? The Madinah Bus project, overseen by Al Madinah Region Development Authority, announced that its shuttle services to and from the Prophet’s Mosque and Quba Mosque benefited over 850,000 people during the first 20 days of Ramadan. The figure was announced on March 24, 2025, according to SPA. The count covers the opening 20 days of the month rather than the full month, and the source does not provide a daily average or a breakdown by route.
How much did ridership increase compared to last year? The announcement stated an increase of more than 72% compared to last year. The comparison is year-on-year, measured against the same period in the previous year. The source does not state last year’s beneficiary total in absolute terms, so the earlier figure cannot be calculated from the report alone. What is confirmed is the direction and scale of the rise: more than 72% across the first 20 days of Ramadan.
Which mosques and how many routes do the shuttles serve? Since the first night of Ramadan, the city’s buses have been transporting worshippers and visitors across seven routes to the Prophet’s Mosque and one route to the Quba Mosque. That makes eight routes in total, with the majority leading to the Prophet’s Mosque and a single line serving Quba Mosque. The source does not say how many riders used each route or how the 850,000 total was divided between the two mosques.
When was the figure announced and for what period? The announcement was made on March 24, 2025, from Madinah, according to SPA. The period covered is the first 20 days of Ramadan, beginning from the first night of the month. The report was filed while Ramadan was still under way, so the total reflects a partial month rather than a completed one. The source does not project what the full-month figure might be or state whether the service will continue beyond the period covered.