Saudi Arabia Railways

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Saudi Arabia Railways
Industry Railway
Founded 23 May 2006 (2006-05-23)
Headquarters Diplomatic Quarter, Building S-24, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[1]
Key people
 Nabil Al-Amoudi (Chairman)[2]
Parent Public Investment Fund
Website www.sar.com.sa

Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR; Arabic: الشركة السعودية للخطوط الحديدية‎‎),[3][4] 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.[5]

History

Saudi Arabia Railways, then the Saudi Railway Company, was established in 2006 to build, operate, and manage the north-south railway project.[6]

Approval to merge the Saudi Railways Organization and Saudi Railway Company was announced in February 2021,[5] and the Saudi Railways Organization was merged into the Saudi Railway Company on 1 April 2021.[7]

The combined company is now called Saudi Arabia Railways.[8][3]

Rolling stock

Class Image Top speed Number Remarks Built
mph km/h
Talgo 350 100px 220 350 36 trainsets Operating on the Haramain High Speed Railway 2015-2018
CAF push–pull train 100px 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.[9][10] 2013
CAF push–pull train 100px 112 180 8 passenger units, 10 power cars (5001-5010) Passenger trainsets with dedicated power cars. 2011
EMD SD70ACS SD70ACS EMDX 3025 2010-10-08.jpg 61 Diesel Locomotives [6][11] Heavy haul AC diesel-electric locomotives for a mineral railway[12] 2010-2016
ALCO RS-1 DSSA RS-1 (cropped).jpg 65 105 6 Series 1000-1005 Diesel-electric locomotives. Originally Arabian American Oil Company A11x50-A11x51, 1002-1005 1947–1951
EMD SW1001 Switcher 107.jpg 5 Series 1022-1026 Order 818000 1/5 Diesel-electric locomotives.[13] 1981
NS Class 2400 (1954) (nl) 100px 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.[14] 1954–56
EMD G18 100px 16 Series 1006-1021 Orders 710971-710975, 713081-713082, 713233-713235, and 748005 1/6 Diesel-electric locomotives. 1968–1976
EMD GP18M 100px 1 Series 1200 Order 700178 Diesel-electric locomotives.[13] rated at 1500 horsepower 1961
EMD FP7A 100px 2 Series 1500-1501 Order 7019 Diesel-electric locomotives taken over from Arabian American Oil Company (their 1006-1007).[15] 1953
EMD FP9A 100px 7 Series 1502-1508 Orders 701553, 701493-701494, 702272-702275 Diesel-electric locomotives 1956–1959
EMD GP38-2 3801 EMD GP38-2 diesel locomotive.jpg 1 Series 2000. Order 712783. Diesel-electric locomotives 1973
EMD GPL38S UP GP38-2 588.jpg 7 Series 2001-2007. Order 201288865. Diesel-electric locomotives 2015
EMD GT22CW 100px 3 Series 2001-2003. Order 748004. Diesel-electric locomotives 1976
EMD SDL38-2 LLPX SD38-2 2808.jpg 6 Series 2004-2009. Order 778050. Diesel-electric locomotives[16] 1978
EMD SDL38 EMD SD38-2 Squaw Creek Southern 11.jpg 6 Series 2030-2035. Order 20148061 Diesel-electric locomotives 2016
EMD SDL50 100px 31 Series 3500-3530 Diesel-electric locomotives[17] 1981–2005
EMD GT46ACS 17 Series 4300-4316. Orders 20118517 and 20148134. Diesel-electric locomotives 2013–2015
Class 319.2 100px 75 120 >4 Diesel-electric locomotives bought second hand.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sar.com.sa/Default.aspx?tabid=257&language=en-GB
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  9. ↑ PUSH-PULL TRAIN FOR THE SAUDI RAILWAY COMPANY (SAR)
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. Wins New Locomotive Contract for 25 SD70ACS Locomotives from Saudi Railway Company (SAR)
  12. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (2010), New mineral railway Issue 90
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Dierdorp, Sicco & Davy Beumer (2011), D.E.-Locomotieven serie 2200/2300 en 2400/2500. Alkmaar: De Alk
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External links

  • SAR| Home - Saudi Arabia Railways official website
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