The Minister of Transport of the interim government, Ibrahim El-Demeiry, has said that the government wants a high speed railway network to connect five provinces between the north coast to the country’s far south. A high speed railway network has been on the stocks for many years but has been shelved for many years, in […]
Building has begun on the route between King Abdullah Economic City and Medina for the new high speed El Haramein railway which will link Jeddah with Mecca and Medina. Installation is under way of the train tracks for this section, marking the second phase of construction of the electrified railway linking Jeddah with the two […]
With a 300 km high speed railway between Eilat and Ashdod in Israel, China will finance a new overland link between Mediterranean and Red Sea ports. Once complete, the “New Silk Road”, a high speed rail network from Beijing through Central Asia to Europe, will be able to get passengers by rail from Beijing to […]
As countries take the step from agreeing in principle to build the network, to going through the process of tendering, design and construction, so delays are emerging that will almost certainly knock the completion date of the GCC Railway Network back by a few years. The ambitious plan to link six countries by rail, in […]
In a statement from the Turkish government, it has been announced that Turkey is to invest 5.5 billion lira in transport and infrastructure projects in 2014. 3.5 billion lira will be spent through Turkish State Railways (TCDD) and around 2 billion lira will be passed to the Turkish Ministry of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications […]
The Saudi Railway Organization has awarded the operation of the North South Line to the Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR). The company will deliver phosphate from the Al Jalamid mine to the port of Ras al Khair for processing and export, as well as a passenger service focused on Riyadh. To be renamed the SAR Project, […]
Swiss firm ABB is set to supply transformers and batteries to Spanish train manufacturer Talgo for the Haramein Railway. It is making 72 transformers and 72 battery systems for the 350 km/h trains which are set for delivery by the end of the year. The trains will be manufactured by Talgo but much of the […]
The Jeddah - Mecca - Medina high speed railway project is on course to meet its revised deadline of December 2015 according to the Saudi Railway Organisation. The 450 km long electrified high speed track is designed to take passenger trains at speeds of 300kph, and will be the first high speed passenger line in […]
Negotiations for the expropriation of 130 plots of land on the route of the high speed Haramein Railway between Jeddah, Mecca and Medina have stalled. The Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) has indicated that the building will go ahead whether or not the owners come to the negotiation table. The 449.2km high speed line, also known […]
Delivery of Saudi Arabia’s mega rail projects to be discussed at the Saudi Rail Forum this December in Riyadh Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 18 November - Under licence from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Saudi Rail Forum 2013 will take place from 1-3 December 2013 at the Radisson Blu in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has […]
