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The Jeddah Corniche Circuit [3] (Arabic: حلبة كورنيش جدة) is a 6.174 km (3.836 mi) motor racing street circuit built in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia. The circuit staged the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on 5 December 2021 as the penultimate race on the 2021 Formula One season calendar.
In October 2022, Saudi Arabia's minister of sport Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud expressed interest in having both Jeddah and Qiddiya host annual Formula One races or for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to alternate between the two venues, once the Qiddiya track opens. [9]
The SAR 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 Railway Company. The primary line of the network connects the capital of the kingdom, Riyadh, to the border with Jordan at Al Hadithah.
Modern railways were introduced in Saudi Arabia after World War II, to facilitate the transport of goods for the Arabian American Oil Company, or Aramco (now Saudi Aramco), from ports located on the coast of the Persian Gulf to warehouses in Dhahran. Construction began in September 1947, and the first line was inaugurated on 20 October 1951.
The Reem International Circuit (Arabic: حلبة الريم الدولية) is a motorsport venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located 76 km (47 mi) west of the city on Hejaz road Exit 11. This track sits on a sandy patch in a desert. It was originally named after the Khubayb Al Reem dunes, the natural habitat of a rare type of deer called Al Reem.
On Friday, April 9, 2010, the General Directorate of Public Security announced the Saher system in a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency, that “the Kingdom will witness, in the coming months, the introduction of advanced global technology, represented in the project of monitoring, controlling and managing traffic automatically named the Saher system". [3]
Track gauge 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) The Blue Line ( Arabic : المسار الأزرق ) or Line 1 is one of the six lines of the Riyadh Metro network in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia .
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. It is owned and operated by Saudi Arabia Railways.