List of railway stations in Saudi Arabia
List of Railway stations in Saudi Arabia:
SRO Dammam-Riyadh Line
Station name | Region | Opened |
---|---|---|
Dammam | 1981 | |
Abqaiq | 1981 | |
Hofuf | 1981 | |
Riyadh | 1981 |
SRO Cargo Line
Station name | Region | Opened |
---|---|---|
King Abdul Aziz Port | 1950s | |
Al-Ahsa | ||
Abqaiq | ||
Al-Kharj | ||
Haradh | ||
Al-Tawdhihiyah | ||
Riyadh Dry Port | 1950s |
SAR Riyadh-Qurayyat Line
Station name | Region | Opened |
---|---|---|
Riyadh | 26 February 2017 | |
Al Majma'ah | 26 February 2017 | |
Qassim | 2018 | |
Ha'il | 2018 | |
Al-Jawf | 2018 | |
Qurayyat | 2018 | |
Al-Haditha | Proposed |
SAR North South Railway Line
Station name | Region | Opened |
---|---|---|
Jalamid | Open | |
Ha'il | Open | |
Zabirah | Open | |
Ras Al-Khair | Open |
Under Construction or Proposed
- North South line
- Haditha - near Jordan border
- Al-Jawf - junction, south of Al-Jawf, station near the new motorway.
- Bosajata - junction
- Haramain High Speed Rail
- (Red on Map)
- Haramain High Speed Rail Project
- Madinah (Medina) [2][3]
- King Abdullah Economic City [4]
- King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah
- Jeddah Central
- Makkah (Mecca)
Defunct
The Hejaz Railway was a narrow gauge railway (1,050 mm/3 ft 5 11⁄32 in track gauge) that ran from Damascus to Medina, through the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, with a branch line to Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea. It was a part of the Ottoman railway network. The line was and was planned to extend from the Haydarpaşa Terminal in Kadikoy beyond Damascus to the holy city of Mecca. However, due to the interruption of the construction works caused by the outbreak of World War I, it got no further than Medina, 400 kilometres (250 mi) short of Mecca The length of the line from Damascus to Medina was 1,300 kilometres (810 mi). Hejaz Railway stations in Saudi Arabia were:
Station name | Notes |
---|---|
Tabuk | |
Mada'in Saleh | Now a railway museum.[5] |
Al-'Ula | |
Medina | Now the Hejaz Railway Museum. Opened in 2006.[6][7] |
See also
References
- ↑ Railway Gazette International August 2009, p47
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
- ↑ http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?storyid=1093237032
- ↑ RailwaysAfrica May 2009, p39, Map
- ↑ Article Move Under Way to Restore Madain Saleh Railway Station in the Arab News of Thursday 22 June 2006
- ↑ http://nabataea.net/hijazstations.html
- ↑ Article Hejaz Railway Museum Opened Archived 2009-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. in the Arab News of Saturday 21 January 2006
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