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Article: Saudis launch rail Landbridge project: Saudi Railways Organisation (SRO) has launched its $US 1.3 billion rail landbridge project. This is the first of three projects designed to expand the existing railway. In total, about 2900km of new railway will be built.(saudi Arabia)
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- International Railway Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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SAUDI Arabia has long had an ambition to expand its rather modest railway, which currently links the capital Riyadh via two routes to the Gulf port of Dammam. Now that dream finally looks set to become a reality.
The first of three major projects to build new lines in Saudi Arabia was explained to an audience of potential backers and contractors at the UBS conference centre in London on January 31. "The time is right to bring the many advantages of rail transport to Saudi Arabia," said Dr Jobarah Al-Suraisry, Saudi Arabia's minister of transport and chairman of SRO. "This can only be achieved by extending the rail network to the main centres of population and ...