The country has only a few hundred kilometres of railway connecting the city of Riyadh with the Persian Gulf.
Roads vary in quality from eight lane highways to small single track roads. Car transport is very popular in Saudi Arabia owing to the cheap price of petrol. The roads are mostly well constructed designed to resist the high temperatures.
Ports are vital to the country’s industry both on the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea coasts.
There are 71 airports with paved runways in Saudi Arabia, with the national carrier being Saudi Arabian Airlines.
