SAR North South Railway Line
| SAR North South Railway Line Project | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Type | freight | ||
| Status | under construction | ||
| Locale | Al Jawf Region, Northern Borders Region, Ha'il Region, Al-Qassim Region, Riyadh Region and Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Termini |
Al-Haditha Riyadh | ||
| Stations | 9 | ||
| Services | Riyadh, Sudair, Qassim, Hail, Ras Al-Khair, Jubail, Al-Jawf, Al-Basaita, and Al-Haditha. | ||
| Website | http://www.sar.com.sa/ | ||
| Operation | |||
| Owner | Saudi Railway Company (SAR) | ||
| Operator(s) | Saudi Railway Company (SAR) | ||
| Rolling stock | 25 EMD SD70ACS Locomotives [1] | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 2,750 kilometres (1,708.8 mi) | ||
| Track length | 2,750 kilometres (1,708.8 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Operating speed | up to 100 km/h | ||
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The North South Railway Line is a 2,750 kilometres (1,709 mi) railway project by Saudi Railway Company (SAR) in Saudi Arabia. Trial operation on 1,392 kilometres (865 mi) long freight part of the project connecting Al-Haditha and Jalamid with new port city Ras Al-Khair was started in May 2011.[2] An 85 km link is planned which would connect the North-South railway with the port at Jubail.[3]
The project consists of two main railway lines. The first main line is starting from Riyadh towards the northwest of Saudi Arabian peninsular until the city of Al-Haditha near the border with Jordan. The line goes through Majma'a, Qassim, Hail and Al-Jouf along this north-south railway line. The second main line will start from Al-Jalamid mine which is located in the northeast in the Northern Territory, through Al-Jawf and Hail until arriving at the "AlBaithah railway junction" in the Qassim region. It then headed toward the southeast for processing and export facilities at Ras Al-Khair in the Eastern Province near Jubail.[4]
The first six of 25 EMD SD70ACS freight locomotives ordered in April 2009 were handed over to SAR at Port Dammam on 22 August 2010.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. is Awarded New Locomotive Contract for 25 SD70ACS Locomotives from Saudi Railway Company (SAR)
- ↑ RailwayGazette: Phosphate trial marks completion of North-South line
- ↑ "World rail infrastructure market September 2012 - Railway Gazette". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ Saudi Railway Company seeks operating concessionaire
- ↑ Desert locomotives delivered to Saudi Arabia
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