| Saudi Arabia Railways | |
| Industry: | Railway |
| Hq Location: | Diplomatic Quarter, Building S-24 |
| Hq Location City: | Riyadh |
| Hq Location Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Key People: | Nabil Al-Amoudi (Chairman)[1] |
| Parent: | Public Investment Fund |
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]
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]
| Class | Image | Top speed | Number | Remarks | Built | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 [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 | |||
| 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. 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 | 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. | ||