Mena 10th Rail & Metro Summit October, 2014

Dr. Bashar AlMalik

Projects Department Director

• KSA Transportation Network

• Operation & Maintenance Activities

• Expansion Plans

• Projects Photos

Passenger/ Freight line links the Eastern Province and

Riyadh where 40% of the population is located as well

as 50% of the economic activities.

Mineral line links Ras AlKhair port and AlJalamid mines

in the North to transport Millions of tons of Phosphate

and Bauxite.

Project

Length (KM)

Location Responsible Agency

North - South 2750 Central / East /

North SAR

HHR 450 W. Province MOT/SRO

Riyadh Metro 176 Riyadh ADA

GCC 663 E. Provence MOT

Landbridge 958 (double track) East - West SAR

Mashaer 18 Makkha MOMRA

Jeddah Metro 108 Jeddah MOMRA

Makkha Metro 182 Makkha MOMRA

Eastern Region Metro 86 E. Provence MOMRA

SRO Upgrade 450 Central / East SRO

Roads

Total: 233,000 km

Paved: 94,000 km

Ports

Arabian Gulf: Dammam; Jubail 2 ports; Ras Tanura;

Khafji; Khobar and Ras Al-Khair (under construction);

Red Sea: Jeddah; Yanbu' al Bahr; Al Lith; Duba; Rabigh;

Jizan and Farasan.

Main airports

Dammam King Fahd International Airport (5.3M/year

passengers)

Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport (18M/year

passengers

Riyadh King Khalid International Airport (15M/year

passengers)

Al Madinah Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz

International Airport (1.8M/year passengers).

Max axle Load 32.5 tones.

Max gradient: Empty direction 1.5 %, loaded direction 0.5%.

Max speed : 80 km/hr.

Train Control System is ETCS level 2 .

25 EMD – SD70 ACS locos ( 4300 hp ) .

524 Phosphate hopper wagons

240 open Top Bauxite hopper wagons .

Phosphate Operations Commencement ,May 2011.

Safety certificate from SRC issued, April 2013.

Operating License from SRC issued, January 2014.

Total Transported Tonnages Since Launching is

approximately 6 Million.

3 train sets configured to 155 phosphate wagons.

Launching Bauxite Operations , April 2014.

2 train Sets Configured to 100 Bauxite Wagons & 3 locos.

1. Environmental (sandstorm, heat,…).

2. Immature industry (lack of market support, Residents, …).

3. People competency (scarcity in qualified staff).

4. Communications & Logistics.

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Tonnage 2011

Tonnage 2012

Tonnage 2013

Tonnage 2014

SAR has released a maintenance tender in May 2014 to outsource

the maintenance of its mineral line (Bids under evaluation).

SAR has also released a tender for Technical Assistance for

Infrastructure Management & Rail Operations (Bids under

evaluation).

Contract Between Length (km) Status

CTW 100 Ras Al-Khair to Az Zabirah Mines 555 Under Operation

CTW 110 Ras Al-Khair to Jubail 85 Under Construction

CTW 120 (D&B) Jubail to Dammam 107 Under Construction

CTW 130 Jubail industrial city internal network 55 Will be awarded

soon

CTW 200 Bauxite Junction to An Nafud 450 Under Operation

CTW 300 An Nafud to Al-Haditah, Al Jalamid and Al Basayta 785 Under Operation

CTW 320 Wa'ad Al-Shamal 132 Under Construction

S&T 120, 130, & 320

Ras Al-Khair to Dammam & Wa'ad Al-Shamal

294 Will be Tendered

Soon

CTW 400 A z Zabirah Junction to King Khalid International Airport

(KKIA) 460 Under Construction

CTW 410 (KKIA) to SRO Station in Riyadh 47 Not Yet Started

Landbridge Riyadh to Jeddah 958 (double

track) Under Design

مدينة وعد الشمال

CTW 400

مدينة وعد الشمال

CTW 110

مدينة وعد الشمال

CTW 120

مدينة وعد الشمال

CTW 130

مدينة وعد الشمال

CTW 320

• 958km of double track rail for

passenger & heavy freight.

• 32.4t axle load.

• Design speed 160 k/h

(Freight) & 300 k/h (Passenger)

• Stations, Depots, Facilities,

and a Dry Port in Riyadh.

•Railway Systems (Signaling)

ETCS level 2

1- Announcements targeting International and Local firms for

Prequalification.

2- Applicants to collect, prepare, and submit their

prequalification documents.

3- Issue the tender document to the qualified bidder.

4- Review and Evaluate Technical & Commercial bids

separately.

5- Award to the lowest technically qualified bidder meeting the

tender documents terms & conditions.

Landbridge Contracts

Contract Status

Project Management Consultant (PMC) Awarded on 3-July-2013

Detailed Engineering Design Consultant

(DEDC) Awarded on 22-July-2013

Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) Prequalification requests under evaluation

Civil & Trackworks Not tendered yet

S&T Not tendered yet

Rolling stock Not tendered yet

Landbridge Estimated Quantity

Item Quantity Unit

Rail 300,000 ton

Sleeprs 4.1 million unit

Fastening System 8.2 million unit

Turnouts 1200 unit

Ballast 12 million m3

Primary line from Riyadh to Jeddah

Secondary Links with HHR

Link to Taif City

Link to Makkah City

Link to SRO Line ( Riyadh-Dammam)

Link to North-South Network