Saudi Arabia Railways
IndustryRailway
Founded23 May 2006 (2006-05-23)
HeadquartersDiplomatic Quarter, Building S-24,
Riyadh
,
Saudi Arabia
Key people
Nabil Al-Amoudi (Chairman)[1]
ParentPublic Investment Fund
Websitewww.sar.com.sa

Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR; Arabic: الشركة السعودية للخطوط الحديدية),[2][3] 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 Public Investment Fund.

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

History

Saudi Arabia Railways, then 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] and the Saudi Railways Organization was merged into the Saudi Railway Company on 1 April 2021.[6]

The combined company is now called Saudi Arabia Railways.[7][2]

Rolling stock

Class Image Top speed Number Remarks Built
mph km/h
Talgo 350 220 350 36 trainsets Operating on the Haramain High Speed Railway 2015-2018
CAF push–pull train 124 200 6 trainsets (75 Passenger cars & 12 Power Cars) COMPOSITION: 4 trainsets 280m length (Mc-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-Mc) and 2 trainsets 381m length (Mc-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-T-Mc). Spanish manufacturer CAF has in 2013 delivered six diesel push-pull train, 4 nine-car trainsets is for daytime train schedule and 2 thirteen-car trainsets for night train. They are used 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 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) 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

References

  1. ↑ "Haramain Train to resume service within 30 days". Saudigazette. 1 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Saudi Arabia Railways invites bids to supply next generation inter-city trains". Railway Gazette International.
  3. ↑ "Saudi Arabia Railways phosphate train". Network Rail.
  4. 1 2 "Saudi Railways Organization and Saudi Railways Company merger approved". Global Railsay Review. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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
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