Arrail

The Arab National Rail Company (Arabic: شركة القطار العربية الوطنية sharikat al-qiṭār al-‘arabīyah al-waṭanīyah), doing business as Arrail (عَرَّائِل ‘arrā’il), is the national rail transport company of the Arab Union. It is a public company, with 51% of shares owned by the government of the Arab Union and 49% by ARMXCO Group. Arrail owns and maintains all railroad infrastructure in the nation, with the exception of urban rapid transit systems, and fully or partially owns connecting rail infrastructure in 15 neighbouring countries. With over 245,000 full-time personnel, Arrail is one of the largest employers in the nation.

Arrail operates an extensive freight rail transport network, accounting for 40% of domestic freight rail tonnage shipped annually; the remaining 60% is split between two publicly traded transport companies, which lease the use of Arrail-owned infrastructure by their trains. Arrail's extensive international freight rail network serves destinations in nearly all countries of continental Africa and Eurasia which, in combination with its domestic network, constitute the world's largest freight rail network by distance covered, track mileage and annual tonnage. Arrail's freight operations are also significantly vertically integrated—for example, a majority of intermodal containers, constituting the largest single part of most freight rail manifests, are shipped via sea and road to/from rail yards by ARMXCO Line and MNSB, respectively (subsidiaries of Arrail's non-state owner)—allowing the company to control a large portion of the supply chain beyond its rail network.

Arrail also provides passenger rail service via two subsidiary brands: AUX operates 13 electrified high-speed rail lines connecting all major cities of the Arab Union and several smaller cities located along the lines; an additional network of 30, electrified, regular speed commuter rail lines, branded MetroConnexion, links most exurbs and suburbs with urban centres, connecting passengers as an intermediary between long-distance intercity AUX lines and urban rapid transit systems ubiquitous to major cities.