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List of railway stations in Saudi Arabia

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List of Railway stations in Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Railway Organization Projects.
Red is the functional line as of 2008.
Black is the Saudi Landbridge.
The North South Railway connects Riyadh to Jordan.
The Haramain High Speed Rail Project will connect Mecca to Medina.

SRO Dammam-Riyadh railway

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Station nameRegionOpened
Dammam1981
Abqaiq1981
Al-Hofuf1981
Riyadh1981
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SAR Cargo Line

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Station nameRegionOpened
King Abdul Aziz Port1950s
Al-Ahsa
Abqaiq
Al-Kharj
Haradh
Al-Tawdhihiyah
Riyadh Dry Port1950s
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SAR Riyadh-Qurayyat Line

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Station nameRegionOpened
Riyadh26 February 2017
Al Majma'ah26 February 2017
Qassim2018
Ha'il2018
Al-Jawf2018
Qurayyat2018
Al-HadithaProposed
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SAR North South Railway Line

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Station nameRegionOpened
JalamidOpen
Ha'ilOpen
ZabirahOpen
Ras Al-KhairOpen
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Haramain high-speed railway

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Station nameRegionOpened
Madinah (Medina) [1][2]11 October 2018
King Abdullah Economic City[3]11 October 2018
King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah11 December 2019
Jeddah Central11 October 2018 (was out of service between 29 September 2019 - 31 March 2021)
Makkah (Mecca)11 October 2018
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Under Construction or Proposed

  • North South line

    • Al-Jawf – junction, south of Al-Jawf, station near the new motorway.


    • Bosajata – junction

  • Saudi Landbridge
  • (Dark Blue on Map)
    • Riyadh – national capital
    • Jeddah Central (connected to port)

Defunct

Tabuk station

The Hejaz Railway was a narrow gauge railway (1,050 mm / 3 ft 5+1132 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:

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Station nameNotes
Tabuk
Mada'in Saleh
Al-'Ula
MedinaNow the Hejaz Railway Museum. Opened in 2006.[5][6]
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