CTW100 – North-South railway

Project
Location
Saudi Arabia
Type
Railway track laying
Subsidiary
Saudi Arabia

TSO was awarded an emblematic project to build the most important railway network in Saudi Arabia: 736 km of rail tracks to connect the country’s northern mining region to Riad and the ports of the Arabian Gulf.

This single track, mostly located in the desert connects the cities of Qurayyat and Al Jalamid in the north of the country and Al Khair.

These tracks are designed for heavy load train due as it will be used for freight.

The key figures
of the project

123
km of freight/passenger line
211
turnouts
1,2 millions
of concrete sleepers