Freight carried by sea between the Gulf and the Red Sea takes five to seven days. The planned $US7 billion Saudi landbridge railway will reduce transit time to around 18 hours. Development of the new 950km double-track from Jeddah Islamic Port to the capital Riyadh is in the hands of the Saudi Railw
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