nine Saudi women who have been employed as conductors on the Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University monorail, recently completed a 40-day training course that saw them go to Italy, Denmark and the United Kingdom. The women conductors will be in charge of the university's monorail which will provide access to 14 stations and run at a speed of 60 km/h. They will assume full charge at the beginning of the new academic year and have received training in different skills such as inspection of the train's carriages and various electronic components, registration of riders and dealing with emergencies. The train links the university campus to all colleges, university hospital, teaching staff residential units, students' hostels, main library and recreational areas. The train has been licensed by the Safety Committee at the Saudi Railways Organization. The train consists of 66 carriages and each carriage has two compartments which accommodate 143 passengers.
