Saudi riyal Saudi riyal The Saudi riyal ( ""); is the currency of Saudi Arabia. It is abbreviated as The riyal has been the currency of Saudi Arabia since the country came into being and was the currency of Hejaz before Saudi Arabia was created, one of the primary currencies in the Mediterranean region during the Ottoman era. The Hejaz riyal was based on but not equivalent to the Ottoman 20 kuruş coin and was consequently divided into 20 qirsh. However, although the Hejaz riyal was the same weight as the Ottoman 20 kuruş, it was minted in .917 fineness, compared to
SAR Riyadh–Qurayyat line at Ras Al-Khair in the Eastern Province near Jubail. The line was built at an estimated cost of SAR 20 billion. In March 2012, the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) signed a contract worth SAR 553 million with CAF to design and manufacture six 200km/h diesel push-pull trains. CAF handed over the first train to the Saudi Railway Company (SAR) in September 2015. A trial run was conducted on the line between Riyadh and Majmah in October 2016. Passengers services between Riyadh and Qassim began on 26 February 2017. The service will later be expanded to Al-Qurayyat in 2018. There are