Saudi Arabia Railways
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Industry | Railway |
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Founded | 23 May 2006 |
Headquarters | Diplomatic Quarter, Building S-24, , Saudi Arabia |
Key people | Nabil Al-Amoudi (Chairman)[1] |
Parent | Public Investment Fund |
Website | www |
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
[edit]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]
Lines
[edit]- West Line (Haramain High Speed Railway)
- East Train (Dammam–Riyadh line)
Rolling stock
[edit]Class | Image | Top speed | Number | Remarks | Built | |
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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) | Operating 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Haramain Train to resume service within 30 days". Saudigazette. 1 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Saudi Arabia Railways invites bids to supply next generation inter-city trains". Railway Gazette International.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia Railways phosphate train". Network Rail.
- ^ a b "Saudi Railways Organization and Saudi Railways Company merger approved". Global Railsay Review. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Train travel in Saudi Arabia | Riyadh to Dammam trains". www.seat61.com.
- ^ Push-Pull Train for the Saudi Railway Company (SAR)
- ^ "CAF wins contracts from Saudi Rail". 18 March 2012.
- ^ Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. Wins New Locomotive Contract for 25 SD70ACS Locomotives from Saudi Railway Company (SAR)
- ^ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (2010), New mineral railway Issue 90
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dierdorp, Sicco & Davy Beumer (2011), D.E.-Locomotieven serie 2200/2300 en 2400/2500. Alkmaar: De Alk
- ^ "Pictures of SRO 1501". www.rrpicturearchives.net.
- ^ Ward, compiled by Jeffery S. "EMD 778050; SDL38-2; Saudi Arabia; Gov't Ry 2004-2009".
- ^ "RailPictures.Net Photo: SRO 3527 Saudi Railways Organization EMD SDL50 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Tom Hewitt". www.railpictures.net.
- ^ "World rolling stock market May 2014", www.railwaygazette.com, 11 May 2014, archived from the original on 1 August 2020, retrieved 29 January 2023
External links
[edit]- SAR| Home - Saudi Arabia Railways official website