Dammam Station (Arabic:محطة الدمام,romanized: Maḥatṭat Dammam) is the railway station serving the city ofDammam. It is the eastern terminus of theDammam–Riyadh line and one of the three railway stations with active passenger transport in theEastern Province. The station also serves as the station of operations for theSaudi Railway Company (SAR).

Dammam Railway Station محطة قطار الدمام
Regional Rail
Entrance to the station
General information
Location	Fatema Al Zahra St. Abdullah Fouad Dist. Dammam 32235 Eastern Province Saudi Arabia
Coordinates	26°24′36″N50°07′35″E / 26.4101°N 50.1265°E /26.4101; 50.1265
Owned by	Saudi Railway Company
Line(s)	Dammam–Riyadh Line
Tracks	6
Train operators	Saudi Railway Company
Connections	Dammam-Riyadh Line 1: Buqayq Hofuf Riyadh Dammam-Riyadh Line 2: Buqayq Hofuf Haradh Kharj Riyadh
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Lucio Barbera
Architectural style	Mediterranean Najdi Islamic
Other information
Station code	DMM
Website	https://www.sar.com.sa/
History
Opened	1981 (1981)
Services
Preceding station Saudi Arabia Railways Following station Terminus Dammam–Riyadh Abqaiq towardsRiyadh
Location

The current station building was designed by Italian architect Lucio Barbera in 1978, and was opened to the public in 1981. The design was inspired by the architecture of mosques along theMediterranean Sea. The building constitutes the main lobby and the east and west wings, which enclose the two railway platforms. The roof is made from prefabricated, pre-stressed beams and he exterior is clad inlimestone which was sourced locally.

The style and decoration of the building uses elements such as triangular openings to construct windows and arcades andparapets with rectangular steps, elements bearing a resemblance toNejdi architecture but also common in other Arab andIslamic architecture. The station includes a main concourse, ticket counter, and the two platforms.^[1][2] The stations in Dammam,Hofuf andRiyadh were all designed by Barbera and share similar design.^[2]

The first railway line built under theKingdom of Saudi Arabia began construction betweenDammam andRiyadh in 1947. The line was inaugurated on October 20, 1951 and was 569 km (354 mi) long. Initially owned and operated bySaudi Aramco, the ownership and operations were later entrusted to the Saudi ArabianMinistry of Finance. On May 13, 1966, theSaudi Railways Organization (SRO) came into existence after the issuance of aroyal decree which declared it apubliccorporation with fulllegal status. And on February 18, 2021, the Saudi Railways Organization was officially merged with theSaudi Railway Company (SAR). The main railway station buildings with active passenger service opened inRiyadh,Dammam, andHofuf in 1981.^[3]

The present passenger railway line (Dammam-Riyadh Railway Line 1) from Riyadh to Dammam viaBuqayq and Hofuf, measuring 449 km (279 mi), was completed in 1985. Along with the decrease in distance, this shortened the time taken for the journey between the two cities from 7 hours to 5 hours. SRO trains on this route travel at around 180 km/h (113 mph). The line was used by approximately 1.48 million passengers during 2017 between stations in Dammam, Abqaiq, Hofuf, and Riyadh.^[3]

This other line (Dammam-Riyadh Railway Line 2) is restricted totransport of freight and cargo. For the first 139 km (86 mi) of its length, it uses the same line as the passenger line, but where the passenger line bends westward toward Riyadh atHofuf, the freight line continues straight towardHaradh and then bends northward toward Riyadh viaKharj.

The station hosts a number of services including amosque, a café, a business lounge, aSixt car rental office, anUber and aCareem office.^[4]

TheSaudi Landbridge Project is a proposed plan to extend the existingDammam–Riyadh line toJeddah via New Muwayh.

Dammam will serve as a major junction on the proposedGulf Railway line as the station is the proposed junction between the main line fromKuwait to theUnited Arab Emirates and a feeder line from Dammam toBahrain.

• List of railway stations in Saudi Arabia