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The SRO operated a network of railways with a total length of approximately 1,380 kilometers. The network consisted of two main lines. A 449\u00a0km passenger line that links Dammam with Riyadh, and a 556\u00a0km freight line that connects the King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam with Riyadh.There are plans to extend the network to the Red Sea port of Jeddah and, eventually to the borders of Jordan, Yemen, and perhaps all the way to Egypt.[2]Approval to merge the Saudi Railways Organization and Saudi Railway Company was announced in February 2021,[3] and the Saudi Railways Organization was merged into the Saudi Railway Company (now Saudi Arabia Railways) on 1 April 2021.[4]  Rail transport map of Saudi Arabia. SRO operated on the both red lines.Table of ContentsRolling stock[edit]Trainsets[edit]Diesel Locomotives[edit]Expansion[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Rolling stock[edit]Spanish manufacturer CAF delivered eight fast diesel locomotives in 2012, with one driving van trailer passenger car and four other passenger cars, with a leading power car unit; plus two spare power cars. They are used on the Dammam\u2013Riyadh Line. During 2013 the travel time is 4:15 but there is a target of 3:00 for the future.Trainsets[edit]ClassImageTop speedNumberRemarksBuiltmphkm\/hCAF1121808 passenger units, 10 power cars (5001-5010)Passenger trainsets with dedicated power cars.2011Diesel Locomotives[edit]ClassImageTop speedNumberRemarksBuiltmphkm\/hALCO RS-1651056Series 1000-1005 Diesel-electric locomotives. Originally Arabian American Oil Company A11x50-A11x51, 1002-10051947\u20131951EMD SW10015Series 1022-1026 Order 818000 1\/5 Diesel-electric locomotives.[5]1981Class 240050807Secondhand Diesel-electric locomotives taken over from NS by Volker Stevin in 1976 for construction works for a seaport in Jubail. Former 2427, 2445, 2485, 2497, 2499, 2519, 2523. Renumbered into 101-107. Sold to Archirodon for rail reconstruction between Damman and Riyadh and renumbered to 276-04 – 276-09. Some scrapped in 1983. Others active until 1994 and stored in Hofuf afterwards.[6]1954\u201356EMD G1816Series 1006-1021 Orders 710971-710975, 713081-713082, 713233-713235, and 748005 1\/6 Diesel-electric locomotives.1968\u20131976EMD GP18M1Series 1200 Order 700178 Diesel-electric locomotives.[5] rated at 1500 horsepower1961EMD FP7A2Series 1500-1501 Order 7019 Diesel-electric locomotives taken over from Arabian American Oil Company (their 1006-1007).[7]1953EMD FP9A7Series 1502-1508 Orders 701553, 701493-701494, 702272-702275 Diesel-electric locomotives1956\u20131959GP38-21Series 2000. Order 712783. Diesel-electric locomotives1973GPL38S7Series 2001-2007. Order 201288865. Diesel-electric locomotives2015GT22CW3Series 2001-2003. Order 748004. Diesel-electric locomotives1976SDL38-26Series 2004-2009. Order 778050. Diesel-electric locomotives[8]1978SDL386Series 2030-2035. Order 20148061 Diesel-electric locomotives2016EMD SDL5031Series 3500-3530 Diesel-electric locomotives[9]1981\u20132005EMD SD70ACS61Series 4000-4060 Diesel-electric locomotives for a mineral railway[10]2010\u20132016GT46ACS17Series 4300-4316. Orders 20118517 and 20148134. Diesel-electric locomotives2013\u20132015Class 319.275120>4Diesel-electric locomotives bought second hand.[11]Expansion[edit]The SRO has several plans to expand the network as part of the Saudi Railway Master Plan 2010-2040 (SRMP). Some of the projects under the plan are:Saudi Landbridge: The Landbridge project is aimed at connecting the Red Sea with the Persian Gulf. It will involve the construction of a 950\u00a0km line from Jeddah Islamic Port to Riyadh, and a 115\u00a0km line from Dammam to Jubail.[12][13]North-South line[14]The Gulf Railway project is a propose railway network of 2116\u00a0km linking all GCC countries. The length of the track inside Saudi Arabia would be 663\u00a0km.[15]The SRO also has plans to construct three lines in southern Saudi Arabia to improve the region’s connectivity with the rest of the country. The lines are the Taif-Khamis Mushayt\u2013Abha line (706\u00a0km), the Jeddah-Jizan line (660\u00a0km), and the Yanbu\u2013Jeddah line (350\u00a0km).[16]See also[edit]References[edit]^  (PDF) https:\/\/www.saudirailways.org\/sites\/SRO\/Pages\/en-us\/AboutUs\/Statistics\/Statistics.pdf. Retrieved 2021-02-20. ^ “Welcome in Saudi Rail Ways”. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2008.^ “Saudi Railways Organization and Saudi Railways Company merger approved”. Global Railsay Review. 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2021-02-20.^ “\u0633\u064a\u0627\u0633\u064a \/ \u0645\u062c\u0644\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0632\u0631\u0627\u0621 \u064a\u0639\u0642\u062f \u062c\u0644\u0633\u062a\u0647 \u0640 \u0639\u0628\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062a\u0635\u0627\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0626\u064a \u0640 \u0628\u0631\u0626\u0627\u0633\u0629 \u062e\u0627\u062f\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0645\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u064a\u0641\u064a\u0646 \u0648\u0643\u0627\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0646\u0628\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629”. Archived from the original on 2021-02-17.^ a b “Saudi Arabia – Saudi Railways Organisation\u00a0: Prototypes by Country – TT scale trains and models”.^ Dierdorp, Sicco & Davy Beumer (2011), D.E.-Locomotieven serie 2200\/2300 en 2400\/2500. Alkmaar: De Alk^ “Pictures of SRO 1501”. www.rrpicturearchives.net.^ Ward, compiled by Jeffery S. “EMD 778050; SDL38-2; Saudi Arabia; Gov’t Ry 2004-2009”.^ “RailPictures.Net Photo: SRO 3527 Saudi Railways Organization EMD SDL50 at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Tom Hewitt”. www.railpictures.net.^ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (2010), New mineral railway Issue 90^ “World rolling stock market May 2014”, www.railwaygazette.com, 11 May 2014^ “Landbridge Project”. SRO.^ “Saudi bidding hots up”. Railway Gazette International. 2008-03-10. Archived from the original on 2020-08-21.^ “North-South Line Project”. SRO.^ “SRO”.^ “Projects Underway”. SRO. 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