First Saudi Arabian Talgo Heads East

Delivery of the new Talgo trains for the Makkah to Madinah HSL in Saudi Arabia are under way. The first train was moved from Talgo's Rivabellosa factory near Miranda de Ebro in early December 2014 on a convoy of 13 low-loaders, and was loaded on board M/V Jolly Quarzo, scheduled to arrive at Jeddah on the 24th or 25th. The photograph was taken in the port district of Barcelona on 12 December 2014.