List of Railway stations in Saudi Arabia:
SRO Dammam-Riyadh Line
Station name | Region | Opened |
Dammam | | 1981 |
Abqaiq | | 1981 |
Al-Hofuf | | 1981 |
Riyadh | | 1981 |
SAR 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 |
Under Construction or Proposed
- Al-Jawf – junction, south of Al-Jawf, station near the new motorway.
- Saudi Landbridge
- (Dark Blue on Map)
- Riyadh – national capital
- Jeddah Central (connected to port)
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:
See also
- Saudi Arabia portal
References
- ^ "Saudi RailWay Company I الشركة السعودية للخطوط الحديدية". Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
- ^ "Makkah-Madinah railway project contract signed". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ Railways Africa May 2009, p39, Map
- ^ Railway Gazette International August 2009, p47
- ^ "Travel the Hejaz Railway".
- ^ Article Hejaz Railway Museum Opened Archived 2009-06-09 at the Wayback Machine in the Arab News of Saturday 21 January 2006
External links
- Hejaz Railway
- UNHCR Atlas Map
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