{"id":"2026-saudi-rail-q3-passenger-freight","canonicalSlug":"2026-saudi-rail-q3-passenger-freight","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-saudi-rail-q3-passenger-freight","language":"en","title":"Saudi railways carried 40.9 million passengers in Q3","summary":"The Transport General Authority reported 3.9 million tonnes of rail freight and 46,300 containers in the third quarter of 2026.","body":["Saudi Arabia’s Transport General Authority reported that the country’s railways carried more than 40.9 million passengers in Q3 2026 and transported 3.9 million tonnes of freight and 46,300 containers. The figures were reported by SPA on 20 October and cover July through September.","Intra-city rail services carried 38.3 million passengers, including 30.4 million on Riyadh Metro. Intercity rail services carried more than 2.5 million, including over 1.9 million on the Haramain High Speed Railway. The report gives totals but the SPA account does not provide a year-on-year percentage for each line."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Saudi railways carried 40.9 million passengers in Q3\n\nThe Transport General Authority reported 3.9 million tonnes of rail freight and 46,300 containers in the third quarter of 2026.\n\nSaudi Arabia’s Transport General Authority reported that the country’s railways carried more than 40.9 million passengers in Q3 2026 and transported 3.9 million tonnes of freight and 46,300 containers. The figures were reported by SPA on 20 October and cover July through September.\n\nIntra-city rail services carried 38.3 million passengers, including 30.4 million on Riyadh Metro. Intercity rail services carried more than 2.5 million, including over 1.9 million on the Haramain High Speed Railway. The report gives totals but the SPA account does not provide a year-on-year percentage for each line.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["statistics","logistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-20","eventDateBasis":"Source publication date is 20 October; the reported transport activity covers 2026 Q3 (1 July–30 September).","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:50Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:50Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:27:48Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-20","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:20:39Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705937","name":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA), citing the Transport General Authority (TGA)","licence":"All rights reserved or no open reuse licence identified; original factual reporting, with no source prose or image reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705937","attribution":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA), citing the Transport General Authority (TGA), source dated 2026-10-20. Wellficent independent factual reporting; no source prose or image reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-saudi-rail-q3-passenger-freight","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-saudi-rail-q3-passenger-freight","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-saudi-rail-q3-passenger-freight","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-saudi-rail-q3-passenger-freight","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-saudi-rail-q3-passenger-freight","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-saudi-rail-q3-passenger-freight","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-saudi-rail-q3-passenger-freight"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"sa-economic-scope","name":{"ar":"السعودية","en":"Saudi Arabia","es":"Arabia Saudí","fr":"Arabie saoudite","pt":"Arábia Saudita","ru":"Саудовская Аравия","tr":"Suudi Arabistan"},"type":"country","source":{"url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705937","name":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA), citing the Transport General Authority (TGA)","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"},"context":{"ar":"النطاق الاقتصادي: السعودية","en":"Economic scope: Saudi Arabia","es":"Ámbito económico: Arabia Saudí","fr":"Périmètre économique: Arabie saoudite","pt":"Âmbito económico: Arábia Saudita","ru":"Экономический охват: Саудовская Аравия","tr":"Ekonomik kapsam: Suudi Arabistan"},"countryCode":"SA"}],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2026-Q3","from":"2026-Q3","precision":"quarter"}}}