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The Dammam–Riyadh line is a passenger railway line in Saudi Arabia, linking the Eastern Province's capital city of Dammam with the Saudi capital Riyadh. The 449 km (279 mi) line has four stations. The 449 km (279 mi) line has four stations.
The Saudi Landbridge is a railway line currently under development by the Saudi Railway Company (SAR). [1]The 950 km (594 miles) ‘’Landbridge Line” has been planned to link Jeddah on the Red Sea coast with Riyadh, where it would link up with both the North-South Railway and the lines to Dammam, although no plan for construction has been announced.
The main railway station buildings with active passenger service opened in Riyadh, Dammam, and Hofuf in 1981. [3] The present passenger railway line (Dammam-Riyadh Railway Line 1) from Riyadh to Dammam via Buqayq and Hofuf, measuring 449 km (279 mi), was completed in 1985. Along with the decrease in distance, this shortened the time taken for ...
The North South Railway connects Riyadh to Jordan. ... SRO Dammam-Riyadh Line. Station name Region Opened Dammam: 1981 Abqaiq: 1981 Al-Hofuf: 1981 Riyadh:
Operating on the Haramain High Speed Railway. 2015-2018 CAF push–pull train: 124 200 6 trainsets (75 Passenger cars & 12 Power Cars) Operating on the Riyadh-Qurayyat Line. [8] [9] 2013 CAF push–pull train: 112 180 8 passenger units, 10 power cars (5001-5010) Passenger trainsets with dedicated power cars. 2011 EMD SD70ACS: 61 Diesel ...
It will involve the construction of a 950 km line from Jeddah Islamic Port to Riyadh, and a 115 km line from Dammam to Jubail. [12] [13] North-South line [14] The Gulf Railway project is a propose railway network of 2116 km linking all GCC countries.
Workers laying track for the Hejaz railway near Tabuk in 1906. The first railway in Arabia was the Hejaz Railway, constructed by the Ottoman Empire from the Damascus to Medina. [3] This 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 + 11 ⁄ 32 in) narrow gauge railway opened in 1908, but closed in 1920 due to the Arab Revolt. Construction of the Dammam–Riyadh line in 1947
The North–South Railway line is a 2,750 km (1,709 mi) network of railway lines in central and eastern Saudi Arabia, built and operated by the Saudi Arabia Railways. The primary line of the network connects the capital of the kingdom, Riyadh , to the border with Jordan at Al-Haditha .