SAR & Arsenale Group unite for ‘Dream of the Desert’ train

SAR & Arsenale Group unite for ‘Dream of the Desert’ train

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Transport and Logistic Services and Chairman of the Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) Eng. Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser has attended the signing ceremony of an agreement between SAR and the Italian Arsenale Group to launch the ‘Dream of the Desert’ train. The 40 luxury-cabin ‘Dream of the Desert’ train will be open […]Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Transport and Logistic Services and Chairman of the Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) Eng. Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser has attended the signing ceremony of an agreement between SAR and the Italian Arsenale Group to launch the ‘Dream of the Desert’ train.

The 40 luxury-cabin ‘Dream of the Desert’ train will be open for bookings at the end of the current year, and actual operation will begin in the fourth quarter of next year. The first trips will start from the North Train Station in Riyadh, run through Hail, and end at Al-Qurayyat train station.

Al-Jasser said that the launch, for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, of these luxury services on trains in the Kingdom will add extra quality services and options to the Kingdom’s means of transportation, adding that this is one of the initiatives the National