Draft:Riyadh-Kuwait High-Speed Railway Project

Riyadh-Kuwait High-Speed Railway Project
Overview
StatusWill be constructed by next year 2024
Termini
StationsWill be updated
Service
TypeHigh-speed rail
Operator(s)Saudi Arabia Railways, Kuwait Rail
Rolling stockWill be updated
Technical
Line length115.0 kilometres (71.5 mi)
Number of tracks2
Operating speed
  • Service:
  • 300 km/h (190 mph)
  • Design:
  • 350 km/h (220 mph)

The Riyadh – Kuwait City high-speed railway (Arabic: الرياض – مدينة الكويت السكك الحديدية السريعة) was a project designed to link the cities of of both countries like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia cities like Riyadh and Kuwait City through a 115 km (71 mi)[1] high-speed rail network. The agreement was approved during a cabinet session in NEOM, chaired by Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the both Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia. It will be first railway service in Kuwait and sixth railway service in Saudi Arabia. This comes after Kuwait approved the pact in June for safe and effective rail transport with the Kingdom. This railway is not related to GCC Railway.

References edit

  1. ^ "References For kilometers of railway". Siasat. 29 September 2023.