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Construction of the Dammam–Riyadh line in 1947. The Dammam–Riyadh line was opened in 1981. Planning for the line started in 1947 with an agreement between King Ibn Saud and ARAMCO to lay a 547 km (340 mi) freight line. Bechtel Construction Company was chosen to build the rail line and a sea port at the eastern end of the line at Dammam ...
Transport in Saudi Arabia is facilitated through a relatively young system of roads, railways and seaways.Most of the network started construction after the discovery of oil in the Eastern Province in 1952, with the notable exception of Highway 40, which was built to connect the capital Riyadh to the economically productive Eastern Province, and later to the Islamic holy city of Mecca and the ...
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 ...
Construction of the Dammam–Riyadh line in 1947. 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 ...
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 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.
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. The length of the track inside Saudi Arabia would be 663 km. [15]
Riyadh railway station is one of the two main railway stations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the other being Riyadh North Station. It is located in the Sinaiyah Qadeem district, and is the western terminus of the Dammam–Riyadh Line. The station was designed by Italian architect Lucio Barbera in 1978 and was opened for public service in 1981.
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