His Royal Highness Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Council of Ministers and Minister of Defense, visited the Saudi Technical Institute of Railways in Buraidah in Al-Qassim Region.
His Highness the Crown Prince was received on his arrival at the headquarters of the Institute by his royal highness Prince Fahad bin Turki bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of Al-Qassim region, his Excellency the Minister of Transport and the council head of the Public Transport Authority, Dr. Nabil bin Mohammad Al-Amoudi, his Excellency the head of the Public Transport Authority and the Administration council head of the Saudi Technical Institute of Railways Dr. Rumaih Bin Mohammad Al-Rumaih, and his Excellency Dr. Ahmad Bin Fahad Al-Fuhaid, Governor of Technical and Vocational Training Corporation.
During the visit, His Highness the Crown Prince take a look at the training programs that provided by the Institute to Saudi students in the training halls and technical laboratories, including train driving, maintenance of signals and control systems, maintenance of trains and vehicles, stations and passengers services, maintenance of infrastructure, and the high qualification that provided for Saudi students who work in Al-Haramain Expressway train ,and the North Train, in addition to the Riyadh metro trainees.
His Highness the Crown Prince have listened to the students' brief about their specializations and training programs, praising the excellence of the young cadres in the Railways Institute and urging them to continue efforts that are equivalent to the country aspirations towards them on the Kingdom future, and to achieve the 2030 vision of the Kingdom.
The Crown Prince also made a virtual trip in the simulator for the mineral train.
At the end of the tour, his Excellency the Minister of Transport and the council head of the Public Transport Authority thanked Dr. Nabil Al-Amoudi, the Crown Prince, for his visit to the (SIRB) Institute and his meeting with his students and training cadres, which will have the greatest impact in promoting the localization of the railways industry. which it has the unlimited support of the wise leadership, and one of it signs is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques patronage to inaugurate the train of the Two Holy Mosques on September 25, 2018, and what the north train witnessed of a qualitative leap in passengers and minerals transport.
For his part, his Excellency the head of the Public Transport Authority and the Administration council head of the Saudi Technical Institute of Railways, Dr. Rumaih Bin Mohammad Al-Rumaih, expressed his thanks and appreciation to His Highness the Crown Prince, affirming the remarkable impact of the wise leadership for the unlimited support to the national youth.
Dr. Al-Rumaih clarified that (SIRB) is a strategic partnership between Saudi Railway Company (SAR) and Technical and Vocational Training Corporation. The institute started offering its training programs in 2014, and it graduated three groups, working now in Al-Haramain Expressway train, and the North Train, in addition to the Riyadh metro trainees.
His Excellency stressed that (SIRB) Institute is the only one in the region that specialized in railways and able to rehabilitate national cadres, to support this industry and achieve sustainability and raise efficiency.
Accompanied His Highness the Crown Prince during the visit, His Royal Highness Prince Turki bin Mohammad bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the Royal Court, His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior, His Royal Highness Prince Bader bin Abdullah Al-Farhan, Minister of Culture and His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of Makkah Region and a number of officials.