Saudi Arabia plans to start tendering for a 1,000-mile rail line connecting the Red Sea to the Arabian Gulf, it has been reported.
The "Land Bridge" will reduce the time it takes to ship goods coast to coast from five days by boat to two and improve links between the kingdom's two largest cities of Riyahd and Jeddah.
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