Trains across The Gulf
396 routes and 2 operators across 2 countries Fares and travel times below come from the same engine that answers the search box.
396 Trains routes run across The Gulf, reaching 27 places in 2 countries through 2 operators On the 16 busiest of them, priced on October 5, 2026, the cheapest fare is €12.44 and the fastest trip is 1h 25m door to door. A median route runs 120 km.
Trains in The Gulf, in numbers
What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.
- 396Routes we sell
- 99Corridors
- 27Places served
- 2Countries
- 2Operators
- 396Domestic routes
- 0Cross border routes
- 0Routes out of the region
- 120 kmMedian route
- 391 kmLongest route
How the modes compare across The Gulf
Every mode measured on the same 16 corridors in The Gulf, priced on October 5, 2026 for one passenger.
| Mode | Corridors priced | From | Door to door | CO2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 16 | €19.87 | 1h 48m | 7.6 kg |
| Flight | 1 | €31.41 | 3h 47m | 35.9 kg |
The corridors that matter in The Gulf
Ranked by how much service actually runs, then priced. The country and city pages carry the rest.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mecca to Jeddah train | €12.44 | 1h 25m | 67 km |
| Sharjah city to Abu Dhabi train | €16.84 | 1h 48m | 142 km |
| Jebel Ali to Abu Dhabi train | €16.84 | 1h 34m | 94 km |
| Fujairah to Sharjah city train | €17.39 | 1h 37m | 97 km |
| Fujairah to Dubai train | €18.49 | 1h 40m | 104 km |
| Mohammed Bin Zayed City to Dubai Marina train | €18.49 | 1h 40m | 102 km |
| Dubai Investments Park to Al Ain train | €19.59 | 1h 41m | 109 km |
| Khalifah A City to Silicon Oasis train | €19.59 | 1h 42m | 110 km |
| Dubai International City to Al Ain train | €20.14 | 1h 47m | 114 km |
| Khalifah A City to Al Majaz train | €21.78 | 1h 53m | 127 km |
| Mohammed Bin Zayed City to Al Ain train | €21.79 | 1h 49m | 124 km |
| Ajman to Al Ain train | €23.99 | 1h 56m | 138 km |
| Al Majaz to Musaffah City train | €24.54 | 1h 58m | 141 km |
| Al Mubarraz to Riyadh train | €48.19 | 3h 28m | 300 km |
| Sulţānah to Jeddah train | €53.69 | 3h 44m | 336 km |
| Dhahran to Riyadh train | €58.09 | 4h 11m | 384 km |
Countries in The Gulf
Every country in The Gulf we sell in, most routes first.
| Country | Routes | Places | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | 344 | 18 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 52 | 9 | 1 |
When to book in The Gulf
The same search run at seven lead times across 3 corridors in The Gulf.
- €34.443 days
- €22.897 days
- €18.4921 days
- €17.3945 days
- €19.5984 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 50 percent. The most expensive point is €34.44, 3 days out.
How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 352 | 89% | Al Majaz, 42 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 44 | 11% | Fujairah, 200 km |
Rail operators
The carriers with the largest networks inside The Gulf.
Train destinations
Other ways to travel across The Gulf
Common questions about Trains across The Gulf
How many Trains routes does Orlero sell across The Gulf?
396 of them, across 2 countries reaching 27 places through 2 operators
How much does travelling by Trains cost in The Gulf?
On the 16 busiest Trains corridors in The Gulf, priced on October 5, 2026, the lowest fare is €12.44 and the median is €19.87.
Is Trains the fastest way across The Gulf?
On the corridors we priced, train takes a median of 1h 48m door to door, against 3h 47m by Flight. Both figures include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the other end.
Which countries in The Gulf have Trains routes we sell?
United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia.
Who runs the Trains services in The Gulf?
Etihad Rail, Saudi Arabia Railways, among 2 carriers we sell across The Gulf.
When should I book travel across The Gulf?
Fares on the corridors we sampled bottom out about 45 days before departure. Booking then rather than 3 days ahead was 50 percent cheaper on this sample.
How far apart are the places we sell in The Gulf?
The median route runs 120 km in a straight line and the shortest is 42 km. The longest we sell is 391 km, from Dammam to Riyadh.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares
- Regions
- A region is a set of countries, and a route counts for it when either end is inside it. Countries are grouped from their ISO code alone, so the map grows with the data and nothing here is drawn by hand.
- The sample
- Fares, travel times and carbon are measured on the 16 highest ranked corridors in this region, spread across it rather than taken from the top, so the figures describe the region and not its busiest country.