Dammam to Riyadh Rail Upgrade

Objective

To increase freight transport capacity, safety, and security to meet growing demand

Description

The Dammam–Riyadh line is a railway line in Saudi Arabia, connecting the Eastern Province's capital city of Dammam with the national capital of Riyadh. The project, delivered a decade before IMEC was meant to rehabilitate existing railway in the Kingdom.

History

Planning for the line started in 1947 with an agreement between King Ibn Saud and ARAMCO (the Arabian-American Oil Company, now Saudi Aramco) to lay a 547 km (340 mi) freight line. Bechtel Construction Company was chosen to build the rail line, as well as a sea port at the eastern end of the line at Dammam, with construction beginning in September 1947 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dammam%E2%80%93Riyadh_railway)

Finance