01 November 2011

THE Saudi Railways Organi-sation (SRO) has awarded a €6.74-billion  ($9.4 billion) contract for the second phase of its high-speed Haramain railway project to the public-private Saudi-Spanish Al Shoula consortium.

The high-speed Haramain Railway will link Islam’s holiest cities of Makkah and Madinah to the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, a key entry point for millions of pilgrims, and to King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), currently under construction.

This phase of the project includes the construction of railway tracks, installation of signalling and telecommunication systems, electrification, operational control centre, the procurement of 35 trains, and the operation and maintenance for a period of 12 years, according to Saudi Railways.

The contract covers the construction of 450 km of high-speed track, with the capacity to transport over 160,000 passengers a day, according to Spain’s Ministry of Public Works.

The Al Shoula consortium is made up of Spanish public rail companies including state railway operator Renfe and rail track company Adif, as well as private constructors OHL, ACS and Indra and Saudi companies Al Shoula Al Rosan.

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