Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Production is underway of the first luxury train service in Saudi Arabia-Dream of the Desert-scheduled to run across the kingdom's desert by 2025 end.

Made in Italy, by hospitality company Arsenale Group and commissioned by Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) under a USD 53.33 million deal, the 40-cabin train will run on 800 miles of existing railway lines from the capital Riyadh to Al Qurayyat in the northern province of Al Jawf, making stops along the way.

The planned one- to two-day route takes in Al Qassim, Hail and Al Jouf, on the edge of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Nature Reserve, before it terminates some 20 miles from the border with Jordan.

On the development, SAR Chief Executive Bashar bin Khalid Al-Malik said that the...