Riyadh Metro project 75% complete: Prince Faisal

17/09/2018 Argaam

 

Riyadh Metro project is 75 percent complete and construction is progressing as scheduled, Prince Faisal Bin Bandar Bin Abdulaziz, governor of Riyadh, told Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper on Sunday.

 

The new rail will begin integrated trips next year, as the contract for station naming was awarded.

 

Work on the project is still ongoing at 650 sites across Riyadh Metro’s network, Prince Faisal added.

 

When complete, the metro line will span 176 kilometers and include 85 stations. A bus network will complement the project with 24 routes, running 1,083 kilometers and stopping at 776 stations.

 

In 2013, Saudi Arabia awarded an international consortium— comprising Germany’s Siemens, Canada’s Bombardier and France’s Alstom– contracts worth SAR 84.4 billion ($22.5 billion) to build a 300-train metro system in Riyadh, of which ADA received 60 trains so far.

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