Riyadh railway station is one of the two main railway stations in

Riyadh Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

, the other being

Riyadh North Station Riyadh North Station or locally known by "Thumamah train station" is one of the two passenger railway stations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, along with Riyadh railway station. It is located near King Khalid airport at Thumamah road, and is the south ...

. It is located in the Sinaiyah Qadeem district, and is the western terminus of the

Dammam–Riyadh line The Dammam–Riyadh line is a passenger railway line in Saudi Arabia, linking the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province's capital city of Dammam railway station, Dammam with the Saudi capital Riyadh. The line has four stations. It is o ...

. The station was designed by Italian architect Lucio Barbera in 1978 and was opened for public service in 1981. The station's design was inspired by the architecture of some mosques along the Mediterranean Sea. The building comprises the main lobby from which extends two wings. The wings, enclose the railway platforms. The roof is made from prefabricated, pre-stressed beams. The exterior is clad in local limestone. The style and decoration of the building use elements such as triangular openings to construct windows, arcades and

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s with rectangular steps, elements bearing a resemblance to

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architecture but also common in other

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. The station includes a main concourse, ticket area, and platform area. The stations in Riyadh,

Dammam Dammam (Arabic: الدمام ad-Dammām) is a city and governorate, and the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 1,386,166 as of 2022, making it the country's fifth- ...

, and

Hofuf Al-Hofuf ( ', also spelled Hofuf or Hufuf, also known as "Al-Hasa", "Al-Ahsa" or "Al-Hassa") is the major urban city in the Al-Ahsa Governorate in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, with a population of 729,606 (as of 2022). It is known f ...

were all designed by Lucio Barbera and share similar design.

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{{reflist Railway stations in Saudi Arabia opened in 1981 Buildings and structures in Riyadh Transport in Riyadh

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