Ajyad Bus Station — Makkah Bus Central Station, Routes & Fares (2026)
🚌 Ajyad Bus Station is the central-area station south of the Grand Mosque, in Ajyad. Route 5 starts here (Terminal 4).
📋 Essential Information
- Network: Makkah Bus (RCMC; operated by Modern Bus Company)
- Hours: 24 hours a day (official grids start at 04:00 and run past 02:00)
- Fare: SR 4 flat across the network
- Tickets: Makkah Bus app, project website, station vending machines
📖 About Ajyad Bus Station
The four central-area stations — Al-Marwa, Jabal Al-Kaaba, Ajyad and Ibrahim Al-Khalil — ring the Grand Mosque and anchor the Makkah Bus network: most of the 12 routes start from one of them or from a district terminus feeding into them. The network runs 431 stations city-wide (Saudi Press Agency, January 2026) and operates around the clock.
🎟️ Fares & Payment
SR 4 per ride, flat, on every Makkah Bus route — the fare since the paid launch on 1 November 2023 (Saudi Press Agency). The service was free during its February 2022 to October 2023 trial period; any source still calling Makkah Bus free is out of date. Buy tickets in the Makkah Bus app, on the project website, or at station vending machines.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which buses use Ajyad Bus Station?
See the station’s description above and the route pages linked from the Mecca city hub — the Makkah Bus app shows today’s departures.
Sources: RCMC (Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites) official Makkah Bus timetable PDFs; Gulf News’s September 2024 Makkah Bus route list; Saudi Press Agency network reporting (paid launch November 2023; 431 stations, January 2026). Page verified October 2026.
🌐 This station in the Makkah Bus network
Makkah Bus is the Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites (RCMC) network, operated by Modern Bus Company (MBC): 12 routes and 431 stations across the city, running around the clock on a flat SR 4 fare (the 2022–23 trial period was free; it is not now). The four central stations — Al-Marwa, Jabal Al-Kaaba, Ajyad and Ibrahim Al-Khalil — carry the Haram flows between them, and this station is one of that central set: the point where the city’s buses meet the pilgrim city’s walking core.
🚌 The 12 routes
- Makkah Bus route 1
- Makkah Bus route 10
- Makkah Bus route 11
- Makkah Bus route 12
- Makkah Bus route 2
- Makkah Bus route 3
- Makkah Bus route 4
- Makkah Bus route 5
- Makkah Bus route 6
- Makkah Bus route 7
- Makkah Bus route 8
- Makkah Bus route 9
The Mecca guide on this site carries the network’s full story — routes, the 24-hour pattern and the Haram stations model. Appendix compiled October 2026 from the Mecca wave build data — see our data page.
🕋 The four-station Haram model
Mecca’s central stations work as a set: pilgrims and residents arrive by bus at the station nearest their side of the Haram, and the last stretch is walked — the model the whole network is built around since the Makkah Bus launch. Al-Marwa serves the north-eastern approaches, Jabal Al-Kaaba the north-west, Ajyad the south, and Ibrahim Al-Khalil the south-western corridor. Knowing which of the four your hotel or home sits behind is the whole trick of using buses in the central area — the routes fan out from these points to the districts, and every district journey starts by choosing its Haram station.