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Public Transportation
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The Saudi Public Transport Company has a large fleet of buses.
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The Saudi Public Transport Company (SAPTCO) is responsible for operating the country's inter-city and intra-city bus service. Established in 1979, SAPTCO runs a fleet of 2,135 buses in large urban centers such as Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah and Makkah, between cities and towns across the country and also on international routes. Through the end of 1993, SAPTCO had carried over 900 million passengers on its buses. One of the company's principal tasks is to ensure that the millions of Muslims who come to perform the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to the holy sites in Saudi Arabia, can travel in safety and comfort. To fulfill this responsibility, the company operates special services during the pilgrimage season with as many as 1,000 buses used to carry pilgrims to and from Makkah. During the 1993 Hajj season, the company carried 5.4 million passengers within the city of Makkah alone. SAPTCO's other services include school transportation and non-postal package delivery
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