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Haramain express train to start operation next year

The completed rail and constructional work of the Haramain Express Train. — Okaz/SG photo

20km left for completion of Haramain train rail

Biloxi firefighters help passengers escape the wreckage after a train traveling from Austin, Texas, collided with a charter bus in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Tuesday. — Reuters

Train hits bus carrying Texas tourists in Mississippi; 4 die

Normal train services between Dammam and Riyadh to resume Friday

Normal train services between Dammam and Riyadh to resume Friday

Floods cause train crash near eastern Saudi city, injuring 18

Floods cause train crash near eastern Saudi city, injuring 18

The interior design of the trains include high comfort seating with elements of traditional architecture such as Riyadh’s mud houses and palm trees, designed by award-winning designers. — SG photos by Layan Damanhouri

Riyadh Metro on schedule, to start operation in 2019

SAR passenger service set for launch

SAR passenger service set for launch

The railway station in Aseelan near Buraidah. — Okaz photo

People of Aseelan ‘to ride camels’ to reach town’s train station

Rescue workers search for victims at the site of the derailment of the Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar express train near Kuneru station in southern Andhra Pradesh state on Sunday. — AFP

Dozens killed after train derails in southern India

Commuters enter the 72nd St. Q train station on the newly opened Second Avenue subway line in New York City on Sunday. — AFP

New York finds ‘a lotta love’ for new train line stops

Indian officials and bystanders gather beside the wreckage of train carriages at Rura, some 30 km west of Kanpur on Wednesday, following a train crash in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. — AFP

2 killed, dozens injured as train crashes in India

When it becomes fully operational, the train will transport 19,100 passengers an hour between Jeddah and Makkah, 3,800 between Makkah and Madinah and 8,000 between Rabigh and Madinah.

Haramain train only 10 km of tracks away from completion

Passengers queue up for an express train to Gatwick Airport, running a reduced service as a result of a train strike, in Victoria rail station London, on Tuesday. — AP

Strike cripples train services in England

Bangladeshi Railway Minister Mujibul Haque shakes hands with railway lineman Billal Hossain Mazumder, 50, during an award ceremony in Dhaka on Sunday. — AFP

Bangladesh honors humble rail hero after daring rescue

Rescuers search in the debris after 14 coaches of an overnight passenger train rolled off the track near Pukhrayan village Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh state, in this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo. — AP

Cash-strapped Indian railways seeks fund to prevent crashes

A rescue worker searches for survivors in the wreckage of a derailed train near Pukhrayan in Kanpur district on Sunday. — AFP

India’s rail crash raises concerns of underinvestment as toll rises to 146

Workers lay new tracks after an overnight passenger train rolled off the track early Sunday near Pukhrayan village in Kanpur Dehat district of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016. - AP

‘I was the only one alive,’ says survivor

Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a train derailment in Pukhrayan, south of Kanpur city, India, on Sunday. — Reuters

Authorities order probe as train derailment kills over 100 in India

At least 60 killed in Indian train derailment, toll set to rise

At least 60 killed in Indian train derailment, toll set to rise

The railway bridge across Palestine Road in Jeddah, which was the scene of Monday's accident.

Worker dies in accident at Haramain Train project site