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Saudi Arabia Railways

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Saudi Arabia Railways
IndustryRailway
Founded23 May 2006; 19 years ago (2006-05-23)
1 April 2021; 4 years ago (2021-04-01) (Current form)
HeadquartersDiplomatic Quarter, Building S-24,
Riyadh
,
Saudi Arabia
Key people
Nabil Al-Amoudi (Chairman)[1]
ParentPIF
Websitewww.sar.com.sa

Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR; Arabic: الخطوط الحديدية السعودية), formerly the Saudi Railway Company, is the national railway company of Saudi Arabia. It is de facto a state-owned enterprise, as it is owned by the PIF.[2][3]

Saudi Railways Organization was a major railway operator in Saudi Arabia, until it merged into Saudi Arabia Railways on April 1, 2021.[4]

History

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Saudi Arabia Railways, formerly the Saudi Railway Company, was established in 2006 to build, operate, and manage the north-south railway project.[5]

Approval to merge the Saudi Railways Organization and Saudi Railway Company was announced in February 2021.[4] The merger took place on April 1, 2021,[6] and the combined company is now called Saudi Arabia Railways.[7][2]

Lines

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West Line (Haramain High Speed Railway)
North Train (Riyadh–Qurayyat line)
East Train (Dammam–Riyadh line)

Rolling stock

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Electric and diesel trainsets

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Class Image Top speed Number Remarks Built
mph km/h
Talgo 350 220 350 36 trainsets:
  • 72 power cars
  • 72 semi-articulated trailer cars
  • 396 articulated trailer cars
 Electric trainsets with 2 locomotive-like power cars, two semi-articulated end trailer cars and 11 articulated trailer passenger cars (Mc-T=11Ta=T-Mc). Including 35 regular passenger trains and 1 VIP train for royal family and officials. Operating on the Haramain High Speed Railway with 25 kV AC railway electrification. 2015-2018
SAR-200 CAF push–pull train 124 200 6 trainsets:
  • 12 power cars,
  • 62 trailer cars
 Diesel-electric trainsets with 2 locomotive-like power cars and 9 or 13 trailer cars (four standard day trains with Mc-9T-Mc formation and two sleeper night trains with Mc-13T-Mc formation). Operating on the Riyadh-Qurayyat Line.[8][9] 2013
SRO-180 CAF push–pull train 112 180 8 trainsets:
  • 10 power cars (5001-5010)
  • 32 trailer intermediate cars
  • 8 trailer control cars
 Diesel-electric trainsets with 1 locomotive-like power car, 4 intermediate trailer cars and 1 control car (Mc-4T-Tc formation). Two additional power cars built as reserves. Operating on the Dammam–Riyadh line. 2011

Diesel locomotives

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Class Image Top speed Number Remarks Built
mph km/h
EMD SD70ACS 61 Diesel Locomotives [5][10] Heavy haul AC diesel-electric locomotives for a mineral railway.[11] 2010-2016
ALCO RS-1 65 105 6 Series 1000-1005 Diesel-electric locomotives. Originally Arabian American Oil Company A11x50-A11x51, 1002-1005. 1947–1951
EMD SW1001 5 Series 1022-1026 Order 818000 1/5 Diesel-electric locomotives.[12] 1981
NS Class 2400 (1954) [nl] 50 80 7 Secondhand Diesel-electric locomotives taken over from NS by Volker Stevin in 1976 for construction works for a seaport in Jubail. Former 2427, 2445, 2485, 2497, 2499, 2519, 2523. Renumbered into 101-107. Sold to Archirodon for rail reconstruction between Damman and Riyadh and renumbered to 276-04 - 276-09. Some scrapped in 1983. Others active until 1994 and stored in Hofuf afterwards.[13] 1954–56
EMD G18 16 Series 1006-1021 Orders 710971-710975, 713081-713082, 713233-713235, and 748005 1/6 Diesel-electric locomotives. 1968–1976
EMD GP18M 1 Series 1200 Order 700178; Diesel-electric locomotives.[12] rated at 1500 horsepower. 1961
EMD FP7A 2 Series 1500-1501 Order 7019; Diesel-electric locomotives taken over from Arabian American Oil Company (their 1006-1007).[14] 1953
EMD FP9A 7 Series 1502-1508 Orders 701553, 701493-701494, 702272-702275; Diesel-electric locomotives. 1956–1959
EMD GP38-2 1 Series 2000. Order 712783; Diesel-electric locomotives. 1973
EMD GPL38S 7 Series 2001-2007. Order 201288865; Diesel-electric locomotives. 2015
EMD GT22CW 3 Series 2001-2003. Order 748004; Diesel-electric locomotives. 1976
EMD SDL38-2 6 Series 2004-2009. Order 778050; Diesel-electric locomotives.[15] 1978
EMD SDL38 6 Series 2030-2035. Order 20148061; Diesel-electric locomotives. 2016
EMD SDL50 31 Series 3500-3530; Diesel-electric locomotives.[16] 1981–2005
EMD GT46ACS 17 Series 4300-4316. Orders 20118517 and 20148134; Diesel-electric locomotives. 2013–2015
Class 319.2 75 120 >4 Diesel-electric locomotives bought second hand.[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Haramain Train to resume service within 30 days". Saudigazette. 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Saudi Arabia Railways invites bids to supply next generation inter-city trains". Railway Gazette International.
  3. ^ "Saudi Arabia Railways phosphate train". Network Rail.
  4. ^ a b "Saudi Railways Organization and Saudi Railways Company merger approved". Global Railsay Review. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. is Awarded New Locomotive Contract for 25 SD70ACS Locomotives from Saudi Railway Company (SAR)". Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  6. ^ "سياسي / مجلس الوزراء يعقد جلسته ـ عبر الاتصال المرئي ـ برئاسة خادم الحرمين الشريفين وكالة الأنباء السعودية". 17 February 2021. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Train travel in Saudi Arabia | Riyadh to Dammam trains". www.seat61.com.
  8. ^ Push-Pull Train for the Saudi Railway Company (SAR).
  9. ^ "CAF wins contracts from Saudi Rail". 18 March 2012.
  10. ^ Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. Wins New Locomotive Contract for 25 SD70ACS Locomotives from Saudi Railway Company (SAR).
  11. ^ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (2010), New mineral railway Issue 90.
  12. ^ a b "Saudi Arabia - Saudi Railways Organisation : Prototypes by Country - TT scale trains and models". Archived from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  13. ^ Dierdorp, Sicco & Davy Beumer (2011), D.E.-Locomotieven serie 2200/2300 en 2400/2500. Alkmaar: De Alk.
  14. ^ "Pictures of SRO 1501". www.rrpicturearchives.net.
  15. ^ Ward, compiled by Jeffery S. "EMD 778050; SDL38-2; Saudi Arabia; Gov't Ry 2004-2009".
  16. ^ "RailPictures.Net Photo: SRO 3527 Saudi Railways Organization EMD SDL50 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Tom Hewitt". www.railpictures.net.
  17. ^ "World rolling stock market May 2014", www.railwaygazette.com, 11 May 2014, archived from the original on 1 August 2020, retrieved 29 January 2023.
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