We arrived at Madinah station late afternoon just after 3PM. After saying Assalamu-alaikum to the family I stepped on to the platform with my luggage which I struggled to remove initially from the luggage racks as it was blocked by other pieces of luggage. This was until another brother gave me some help who might have been Scottish based on his accent.
The platform at Madinah station is very similar to the Eurostar platform at St Pancras with some areas having a lot of space. It was an open area platform so you had the atmosphere immediately as you stepped off.
The weather was really beautiful and so fresh. Not a cloud in the sky and at 25 Degrees Celsius it was very bright and sunny but not overly hot. It was beautiful. The station itself and the area was very calm, organised, modern, kind of like Canary Wharf to be honest except for fewer shops and narrow streets. I prefer this as it just provides a calmer area in my opinion. There was a taxi drop off/pick up point just in front of the station where I began to wait for my Uber.
By the way, Uber is very cheap in Makkah/Madinah despite my initial assumptions. I’m not sure if this is due to the exchange rate – maybe partly – but I very often ended up spending less than a couple of quid to take me to a destination that would have taken me half an hour to walk. Uber in Makkah/Madinah is recommended and used quite frequently so there are drivers around. And it’s often the easier option to get where you need to go in the heat.
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