Internationally-operating Interfleet Technology in Derby has
just completed the first phase of its passenger train design
project for the Saudi Railway Company (SAR).
Interfleet's industrial design team, led by Luis Chomiak, has
been working with SAR to develop conceptual designs for a fleet of
new diesel passenger trainsets to operate on the North-South
Railway, which is currently under construction.
Luis and his team initially developed a passenger service
strategy report to address all of the service aspirations of SAR,
and then produced interior and exterior design concepts, including
vehicle layouts.
The designs, which have been well received by SAR and the
Railway Technical Review Committee, have been developed for three
classes of service - executive, business and economy, as well as
for restaurant vehicles and sleeper coaches.
Close consideration of local cultural and passenger requirements
has been a key part of this project, with invaluable input received
from SAR's own in-house architectural design team and their project
consultants Louis Berger & Canarail.
Luis Chomiak commented: "Interfleet's work will form an integral
part of the tender documentation when it is released to potential
train builders and we look forward to seeing services running north
out of the capital Riyadh to the cities of Hail and Al Haditha and
an eventual extension to Amman, Jordan in the near future."