{"id":48356,"date":"2025-12-09T10:26:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=48356"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:26:43","slug":"riyadh-to-doha-in-2-hours-by-train-inside-the-new-rail-project-connecting-ksa-and-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/riyadh-to-doha-in-2-hours-by-train-inside-the-new-rail-project-connecting-ksa-and-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Riyadh to Doha in 2 Hours by Train: Inside the New Rail Project Connecting KSA and Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Currently, it takes over six hours to <strong>travel between Riyadh and Doha<\/strong> by road, but that will soon change! Saudi Arabia and Qatar have just signed an agreement for a <strong>high-speed rail project<\/strong> that will cut the journey time between their capitals to <strong>just two hours<\/strong>. The project could be completed in as little as six years, and both countries have ambitious plans for this development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the first details about the rail network between Riyadh and Doha:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The rail link will reduce the <strong>travel time between Riyadh and Doha to just 2 hours<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trains will travel at <strong>speeds exceeding 300 km\/h<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>rail line will cover 785 km<\/strong>, connecting main cities in both Saudi Arabia and Qatar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Five major stations<\/strong> will be built along the route<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The network is expected to carry <strong>over 10 million passengers annually<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NorthTrain-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NorthTrain-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NorthTrain-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NorthTrain-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NorthTrain-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NorthTrain-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/NorthTrain-1-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new rail line  will also link other important Saudi cities like Hofuf and Dammam. Additionally, the project will offer <strong>direct connections to two major airports: King Salman International Airport in Riyadh and Hamad International Airport in Doha<\/strong>, making travel between the two countries faster and more convenient for passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once completed, this high-speed rail will offer more opportunities for both business and tourism. Saudi Arabia is also working on the <strong>domestic high-speed rail project <em><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/land-bridge-saudi-arabias-new-rail-project-to-cut-jeddah-to-riyadh-travel-time-to-4-hours\/\">Land Bridge<\/a><\/em>, which will connect Jeddah and Riyadh<\/strong>. With the promised travel time of just four hours, it&#8217;s set to be a game-changer for locals and tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates on these initiatives and see how the travel in the region becomes better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, it takes over six hours to travel between Riyadh and Doha by road, but that will soon change! Saudi Arabia and Qatar have just signed an agreement for a high-speed rail project that will cut the journey time between their capitals to just two hours. The project could be completed in as little as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":48357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0623\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631"}}],"countries":[{"id":15507,"slug":"ksa","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/","api_id":215,"title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia"}},{"id":15523,"slug":"qatar","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/qatar\/","api_id":201,"title":{"rendered":"Qatar"}}],"cities":[{"id":15508,"slug":"riyadh","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/riyadh\/","api_id":283,"title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0636"}},{"id":15524,"slug":"doha","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/qatar\/doha\/","api_id":280,"title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0648\u062d\u0629"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}