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King Abdulaziz Public Transport Project in Riyadh to Begin in March

  • Publish date: Thursday، 19 January 2023
King Abdulaziz Public Transport Project in Riyadh to Begin in March

The operation of King Abdulaziz Public Transport Project in Riyadh would begin in March 2023 stated Fahd Al-Rasheed, CEO of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City.

The public transport project will begin operating with bus transportation and then with the different metro lines according to Al-Rasheed.

With Riyadh metro being the largest single-phase public transport project ever developed, the project includes 6 metro lines, 84 metro stations, 80 bus routes, 2,860 bus stops and 842 buses.

The project is expected to bring down the number of car trips by approximately 250,000 trips per day, and saving around 400,000 liters of fuel per day, and thus cutting down the percentage of carbon emissions.

Riyadh Metro is made of approximately 176km of railway lines, on which electric trains operate without drivers.

During the World Economic Forum in Davos on Monday, Al-Rasheed revealed that the city has over 30 mega projects underway. Qiddiya, Diriyah and some global sustainable examples such as Green Riyadh, King Salman Park, and the metro are some of them.