2000 SR fine on any vehicle crossing or standing on the rail

"Sar" agreement with the traffic department and the transport authority

The Saudi railway company SAAR has signed an agreement with the General Administration of Traffic and Public Transport Authority to impose a fine on miners of the railways.

The company said that the fine, in the amount of 2,000 riyals, called "standing up on the railway lines", was a fine for the road traffic inflicted on any vehicle that passed or went found on the railway.

"The General Directorate of Traffic has authorized the relevant departments of the companies operating the trains to be checked and to apply the offense at the time of receipt, after providing them with the information relating to the offense.

He added: Sar's Industrial Safety Department only reported the offense, but today it will be able to arrest the offender and fine him without having to call the traffic police or the police as before.

The penalty will be applied to the transgressors who bypass the barricade, while the vandals will be subject to the penalty stipulated in the Royal Decree of 19/4/1438 H. While the Royal Decree provides a penalty for intentional destruction of property. the state, the fine can go up to two years and a fine of up to 100,000 riyals, or one of these two penalties, as well as the possibility of publishing the judgment in a local newspaper at the expense of the offender, as well as for each participant involved in sabotage, destruction or disruption.

He added: This action stems from the need for a dissuasive sanction following the aggravation of the problem of infringements on the railways, the risk to the safety of the passengers and the material and human losses resulting from Accidents, especially during this period, during frequent hikes in land and encampment in areas adjacent to the process. Line, which increases the risk of rail infringement.

"As a company that holds the assets of all rail transport projects, including fixed assets and movable assets between the cities of the Kingdom," said Mr. Saril, who said that the safety of passengers and the security of public and private property was a top priority. Strived to achieve it fully through its vast network in the center, north and east of the kingdom.

Saudi Railways Company has launched a series of "Safety Rail" campaigns to raise awareness of the danger of crossing, parking or sabotaging railways, warning against the consequences of negligence that could lead to terrible accidents and to clarify the human, economic and material effects of these behaviors. Vandalism of public and private property.