The Saudi Railways (SAR) signed a contract with the French company Alstom Transport SA to raise the level of readiness of the Al Sharq network train fleet.
This came on the sidelines of the Saudi Railways Exhibition and Conference, in Riyadh. The agreement aims to “provide training and qualification services to SAR employees, invest in national cadres, and benefit from diverse learning and development techniques in the sector, in addition to motivating employees to acquire skills from international railway companies.”
The total length of the “Orient Train” network is about 1,775 kilometers, and extends from King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia, to the capital, Riyadh. The fleet includes 102 diesel locomotives and 75 passenger cars, and the total number of freight trailers of various sizes and types reaches 2,596 trailers.
