Saudi Arabia Railways

National railway company of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Railways

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Haramain High Speed Railway

Industry| Railway
Founded| 23 May 2006; 19 years ago (2006-05-23)
1 April 2021; 4 years ago (2021-04-01) (Current form)
Headquarters| Diplomatic Quarter, Building S-24,

Riyadh

Saudi Arabia

Key people

| Nabil Al-Amoudi (Chairman)[1]
Parent| PIF
Website| www.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)

* Medina \- King Abdullah Economic City \- Jeddah \- Mecca

North Train (Riyadh–Qurayyat line)

* Riyadh \- Majmaah \- Ḥaʼil \- Qassim (Buraidah) - Jauf (Sakakah) - Qurayyat \- Jordan

East Train (Dammam–Riyadh line)

* Riyadh \- Hufuf \- Abqaiq \- Dammam

## Rolling stock

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### Electric and diesel trainsets

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Class  | Image  | Top speed  | Number  | Remarks  | Built

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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

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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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* Rail transport in Saudi Arabia

## 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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