[1] The 950 km (594 miles) ‘’Landbridge Line” has been planned to link Jeddah on the Red Sea coast with Riyadh, where it would link up with both the North-South Railway and the lines to Dammam, although no plan for construction has been announced.

[2] Intended mainly for freight,[3] the railway will connect Jeddah on the Red Sea coast with the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh.

[5] The project is part of the Saudi vision 2030 that aims at being a logistic hub that connects the three contracts together.

[6] On 21 April 2008 the Tarabot consortium of seven Saudi companies and Asciano of Australia, was named as preferred bidder for the 50-year build, own the concession for the Landbridge project, with financial close planned within 12 months.

The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) awarded the contract to prepare the detailed design of the project to Italferr in August 2015.