State-owned railway company Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) recently struck a 200 million Saudi riyals ($53.33 million) deal with Italian hospitality company Arsenale Group to launch the first luxury train in the Middle Eastern kingdom, which paves the way for the Kingdom to have another differentiating tourism experience.
Saudi Arabia is getting on board with the slow travel movement in a big way by moving into the luxury train market, CNN reports.
According to Saudi-Arabia’s State run media, the new train is due to begin operations in late 2025, and will be dubbed “Dream of the Desert.” It will offer “luxury train cruise” journeys from the capital city of Riyadh to Qurayyat, which is situated close to the northern border with Jordan, according to a press release issued by SAR last week.
