The line will have a a design speed of 350km/h to enable trains to operate at 300 km/h.
SRO president Mohamed Khalid Al-Suwaiket Al-Suwaiket said that the 10-month contract will include the traffic movement study between the two cities and determine the line as well as the preliminary technical outline of the infrastructure needed for the project.
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