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Saudi rail passengers rose 266.5% to 156.4 million in 2025
Saudi Arabia recorded 156.4 million railway passengers in 2025, up from 42.7 million in 2024.
The increase came mainly from intracity rail journeys, which rose 368% to 145.4 million.
By contrast, intercity passenger numbers fell 5.6% to 10.9 million.
The figures cover railway services across the kingdom, including city and longer-distance trains.
Despite the rise in passenger numbers, overall passenger travel distance fell 3.1% to 3,609.3 million passenger-kilometers.
The Haramain High Speed Railway carried the largest share of passenger travel distance, while rail freight volume reached 16.1 million tons.
The figures describe 2025 activity; no further steps or plans are specified.
Saudi railway passenger numbers rose 266.5% to approximately 156.4 million in 2025, compared with 42.7 million in 2024.
Intracity railway passengers increased 368% to 145.4 million, while intercity passengers fell 5.6% to 10.9 million.
Passenger trains made 1.4 million trips and covered 42.3 million kilometers during the year.
Rail freight reached 16.1 million tons, and freight transport performance rose 3.6% to 17,011.5 million ton-kilometers.
The figures are from the General Authority for Statistics’ Railway Transport Statistics 2025.
- Who
- Approximately 156.4 million passengers used Saudi Arabia’s railways.
- What
- Railway passenger numbers rose 266.5% in 2025 compared with 2024.
- When
- 2025.
- Where
- Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Rail passengers in 2025
- Approximately 156.4 million
- Passenger growth
- 266.5% compared with 2024
- Intracity passengers
- 145.4 million
- Intercity passengers
- 10.9 million
- Rail freight volume
- 16.1 million tons