Classic route
SAR East Train
Riyadh → Dammam · Saudi Arabia
- Distance
- 449 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 40 min
- Top speed
- 180 km/h
- Operator
- Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR)
- Train
- CAF diesel push-pull
- Countries
- Saudi Arabia
- In service since
- 1951
Saudi Arabia’s first railway — the 1951 Dammam–Riyadh line built under King Abdulaziz — still crosses the Eastern desert and the vast Al-Ahsa oasis.
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