Saudi Railway Organisation (SRO) has extended the date for receiving prequalification applications from international consortia participating in the multibillion-riyal landbridge project.

‘‘The date of accepting applications has been extended to August 31 responding to the demands made by companies intending to bid for the project,’’ said Khaled Alyahya, SRO’s president.
He said the landmark project is aimed at linking King Fahd Port in Jubail, King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam, the Dry Port in Riyadh and the Jeddah Islamic Port with a state-of-the-art railway network and developing the existing railway line between Dammam and Riyadh.
The landbridge project involves construction of 950 km of new tracks between Riyadh and Jeddah and another 115-km line between Dammam and Jubail. SRO intends to build another railway line linking Jeddah with Makkah, Madinah and Yanbu.