We are approaching the opening of the Riyadh Metro within a few weeks

Saleh Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistics

Saleh Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistics, said that we are approaching the opening of the Riyadh Metro within a few weeks.

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He explained in a statement to Al Arabiya: The metro is in its final stages and the matter is with the Royal Commission for the City of Riyadh, and within a very short period you will hear good news from the Commission.


He stressed: The metro is undergoing daily experiments and is an exceptional and historic project.

According to data numbersThe length of the Riyadh Metro is 176 km and includes 85 stations, while the Riyadh Metro project is integrated with a bus network that includes 24 routes with a total length of 1,083 km, including 776 stations.


The contracts for the Riyadh Metro project were awarded during 2013 to three international consortiums with a total value of about 22.5 billion dollars (equivalent to about 84.4 billion riyals).