Saudi trains carry over 40.9 million passengers in Q3 2026
Saudi Arabia’s railways transported more than 40.9 million passengers and shipped 3.9 million tons of cargo in the third quarter of 2026.
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AIRiyadh, October 20, 2026. More than 40.9 million passengers traveled on Saudi Arabia’s trains during the third quarter of 2026, while 3.9 million tons of minerals and goods were transported, along with 46,300 containers, according to a quarterly index released by the Transport General Authority, as reported by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The authority revealed that the number of train passengers in the Kingdom increased during this quarter compared to the same period last year.
The authority’s statistics showed that urban rail services carried 38.3 million passengers during the quarter, including 30.4 million on the Riyadh Metro, 7 million on the automated train at King Abdulaziz International Airport, and around 911,200 on the automated train at Princess Nourah University.
Intercity rail services recorded 2.5 million passengers. The Haramain High-Speed Railway, which connects Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah, King Abdulaziz International Airport, and King Abdullah Economic City, carried over 1.9 million passengers. The SAR East Network, linking Riyadh, Buqayq, Al-Ahsa, and Dammam, transported about 393,900 passengers.
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The SAR North Network, connecting Riyadh, Al-Majma’ah, Qassim, Hail, Al-Jouf, and Al-Qurayyat, carried 258,600 passengers.