More than 40.9 million passengers travelled by train in Saudi Arabia in the third quarter of 2026, while the network moved 3.9 million tonnes of minerals and goods and 46,300 containers, according to the Transport General Authority's quarterly indicator. Ridership was up on the same quarter last year.

Urban rail accounted for 38.3 million journeys. Riyadh Metro alone carried 30.4 million passengers, the King Abdulaziz International Airport automated train seven million, and the automated train at Princess Nourah University about 911,200.

Intercity lines carried 2.5 million passengers. The Haramain High Speed Railway, which links Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah, King Abdulaziz International Airport and King Abdullah Economic City, accounted for more than 1.9 million of them.

SAR's Eastern Network between Riyadh, Abqaiq, Hofuf and Dammam served about 393,900 passengers, while its Northern Network, connecting Riyadh with Al-Majmaah, Qassim, Hail, Al-Jouf and Al-Qurayyat, carried 258,600.