SKK (railway)

SKK (Arabic: سكك sakak; lit. "railway"), formally the Arab National Railway (السكك الحديدية العربية الوطنية as-sakak al-ḥadīdīyah al-ʿarabīyah al-waṭanīyah), is the national State-owned railway company of the Arab Union. It operates a modern system of medium- to long-distance (intercity) passenger rail services, including the AUX high-speed rail network, as well as the majority of freight rail traffic in the country. It also owns all rail infrastructure in the country, excluding separate rapid transit systems ubiquitous to large cities—these are generally the property of local and/or regional mass transit authorities, which also typically contract the right to operate supplementary regional/commuter rail services along SKK infrastructure.