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Dammam–Riyadh Line
The Dammam–Riyadh Line, also called Line 1, connects the cities of Dammam, Abqaiq, Hofuf and Riyadh (449.11 km) and is used by passenger trains by Saudi Railways Organization. It is a very picturesque route, that takes passengers through the desert dunes, connecting the central region to the Persian Gulf.
The total journey takes about 4.5 hours and during that time, TV and snacks are offered on board.
==Construction==
Planning for the original line started in 1947 with an agreement between King Ibn Saud and ARAMCO to lay a 340-mile (about 550 km) line. Bechtel Construction Company was chosen to build the rail line and the sea terminal at the eastern end of the rail line at Dammam. Veteran American railroad engineer James H. Gildea was hired to oversee the project. The most serious obstacle to building the rail line was the Persian Gulf shallows at Dammam. To allow deep draft vessels to unload, a rail causeway of approximately seven miles was built out into the Persian Gulf with the first five miles a rock causeway and the last couple of miles a section made of a steel trestle. One of the first vessels to unload was in 1950, a Dutch freighter with a load of rails for construction of the rail line. The first trains started moving between Dammam and Riyadh in the early 1950s.〔("American Railroad on the Arabian Desert." ) ''Popular Mechanics'', April 1952, pp. 107–110.〕
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