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June 27, 2025 | Middle East

Final construction tender for Saudi light rail project

Bids requested to build new 22km line at AlUla.

November 25, 2024 | Fleet

Alstom signs technical support contract with Saudi Arabia Railways

Five-year contract worth $US 80m to support maintenance of freight locomotives.

April 29, 2024 | High-speed

Haramain high-speed passengers exceed 1 million during Ramadan

More than 3100 trains were operated on the line between March 11 and April 13.

November 20, 2023 | Middle East

Trans-Arabian railway to be completed by 2030

Gulf Cooperation Council sets new deadline, but many challenges still lie ahead.

September 11, 2023 | Freight

Russian intermodal train to Saudi Arabia enters Iran

The launch of the new service follows a meeting between Iran and Russia in August.

February 5, 2019 | Track

SAR awards track monitoring contract to Perpetuum

SAUDI Railway Company (SAR) has awarded a contract to Perpetuum, Britain, to install track condition remote monitoring equipment on two SAR passenger trains as part of a two-year contract to monitor the condition of 1242km Riyadh - Hail - Qurrayat section of the North-South Railway.

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