Tag: riyadh metro
Riyadh metro makes progress
The Doha and Riyadh metro projects have a lot in common. They are both aiming to tackle urban congestion by completing several lines in one initial phase; they are being built at the same time and will cost somewhere in the region of $30bn to complete.
Saudi proposes French company to boost its buses
Saudi Arabia has recommended awarding France's state-owned public transport operator a roughly $2.1 billion contract to operate and maintain buses in Riyadh for 10 years.
Riyadh metro to be 73 km underground
One of the world's largest metro projects, this automatic driverless network will be over 170 km and have 87 stations on six lines, and is scheduled for completion in 2018, said the High Commission for the Development of Riyadh (HCDR).
Transport project to link Riyadh university campuses
The Riyadh public transport project or the King Abdulaziz Project for Public Transport in Riyadh plans to link the top five university campuses in Riyadh.
Rail boom spreads across the region
After the successful multibillion-dollar awards made on the Riyadh Metro in July, a new metro project in Saudi Arabia is whetting the appetite of contractors in the region.
Salini Impregilo's Middle East wins top $8.5bn
The company's major project wins thus far in 2013 include its $4.5bn (€3.6bn) win for Line 3 of the Riyadh Metro in a consortium including Ansaldo, Nesma & Partners, Larsen & Toubro and Bombardier.
Pact with India to streamline hiring
Major infrastructure projects such as the Riyadh Metro will require the services of a large number of high-end and skilled workers from India and the Subcontinent.
Rail driving project boom
According to MEED’s Top 100 Projects quarterly index, the value of projects in progress has risen by 5 per cent in the third quarter, with $275bn-worth of large-scale schemes under development. Projects worth $1.5bn or more qualify for the Top 100.
WS Atkins named lead designer for Riyadh Metro contract
WS Atkins has won a £75 million contract as lead designer for three lines of a new 180-kilometre long metro system in Riyadh.
Siemens signs Riyadh metro contracts
Siemens has signed contracts for 74 metro trains, as well as for the complete signal and communications equipment on two lines of the new six-line driverless metro network in Riyadh, the German engineering firm announced Thursday.
