Picture courtesy: Saudi Arabia Railways
Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) transported greater than 14 million passengers and 30 million tonnes of freight in 2025, marking document operational efficiency and highlighting the community’s function in supporting the dominion’s Nationwide Transport and Logistics Technique and Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030, the Saudi Press Company reported.
Rail freight operations eliminated two million truck journeys, saving 139 million litres of gasoline and decreasing carbon emissions by 364,000 tonnes.
The yr additionally noticed the launch of the ‘Dream of the Desert’ luxurious tourism practice and the announcement of a SAR6bn actual property fund to develop lands adjoining to Makkah stations.
Saudi Arabia Railways was additionally awarded the Worldwide Union of Railways (UIC) prize for long-distance vacationer trains.
Saudi Arabia Railways orders new trains
The corporate additionally introduced the acquisition of 20 new trains from Spanish producer Talgo to increase the Haramain Excessive-Pace Railway fleet.
Deliveries will start by the top of 2028, with full supply anticipated by 2031.
The brand new trains will serve all 5 stations on the community, which hyperlinks Makkah and Madinah and presently operates 35 trains.
With the additions, the fleet will increase to 55 trains. Every practice will include 13 carriages, together with eight economy-class and 5 business-class carriages, with a complete capability of 417 seats.
The Haramain line operates at speeds of as much as 300 km/h, finishing the journey between Makkah and Madinah in roughly two hours.
