More than 2,000km long and costing over $2.8bn, Saudi Arabia’s North-South Railway (NSR) marks a significant development in ground transportation in the Kingdom. Scheduled for full operation in 2013, NSR will provide the first ever passenger and freight connection between Riyadh and the Jordanian border in the north. The Saudi Railway Company (SAR) is overseeing the scheme and the project includes the largest single implementation of the European Train Control System (ETCS) anywhere in the world. Thales and Saudi Binladin Group are working together to deliver a comprehensive technology … [Read more...]