| There are two lines in operation: |
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| 1) |
556 km single track line built in the 1950s and used only for freight |
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| 2) |
449 km single track line built in the 1980s and used by passenger trains |
The railway handles about 850,000 passengers and
850 million ton-kms of cargo every year, of which
about 80% is container traffic from Dammam to
Riyadh and back. SRO transported about 108,000
TEUs in 2002.
SRO also owns and manages Riyadh Dry Port. |
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