Jeddah. The CEO of the Italian FS (Ferrovie dello Stato- National Railway) Renato Mazzoncini met a delegation of the SAR (Saudi Arabian Railways) yesterday, composed of President Saad al Gadhi and Vice President of Infrastructure Gassim Al Gassim. Representatives of the Saudi Railways have visited Rome’s Termini Station, one of the major European stations, to be familiarised with both the technological and commercial aspects of rail traffic regulation. The delegation then left for Naples, accompanied by an FS employee, aboard the flagship of the Italian Railway technology “Frecciarossa 1000”, for a visit to the maintenance headquarters of the high-speed trains. Italian FS participated in a tender for the management and maintenance of infrastructure and of Saudi transportation in 2014. Today the group is present in Saudi Arabia with the engineering company Italferr, engaged in the design of the new railway line that will connect the port of Jeddah on the Red Sea in Al Jubail on the Arabian Sea. The contract has a value of about €59million. (9colonne)
