Saudi Railway taps Oracle Cloud to support expansion, automate services

Saudi Railway Company (SAR) has implemented Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to support its growth, roll out a disaster recovery system as well as set up an automated and paperless ticketing system.

Under this initiative, SAR will also implement Oracle Analytics Cloud and Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse. Besides reducing vital total cost of ownership (TCO), the implementation will provide SAR managers with real-time performance data and insights.

“The Saudi Railway Company is a national asset, and its performance is vital for the country’s economic success. With the unmatched capabilities of our second-generation cloud infrastructure, that is powered with machine learning and Artificial Intelligence, Saudi Railway will be able to rapidly scale operations, innovate more and create a fully automated and truly modern IT infrastructure”, said Fahad Al Turief, country leader, Saudi Arabia, Oracle.

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The Saudi Railways Company was established in 2006 to implement a railway project that connects the north of the Kingdom with its east and center transporting freight and passenger services between cities.

“At Saudi Railway Company (SAR), we are on a mission to deliver distinctively high quality and reliable railway transportation services to meet the expectation of our customers, while also acting as a major catalyst for Saudi Arabia’s economic growth,” Sami Alawfi, IT director at Saudi Railway Company said.