المملكة: On the blue track… two new stations in the Riyadh Metro enter service today

The public transport account for the city of Riyadh announced through the “X” platform the start of operation of the Al-Aziziyah and King Fahd neighborhood stations on the blue track of the Riyadh Metro, starting today, Tuesday.
This announcement comes within the plan to launch the Riyadh Metro project, which includes 85 stations, designed according to the latest engineering standards to represent an architectural masterpiece and a multi-use destination that combines beauty and functionality.

The project includes a huge fleet of trains that includes 190 trains and 452 cars, produced by major international companies such as the German Siemens, the Canadian Bombardier, and the French Alstom. The project also provides 19 parking sites distributed along the various paths of the network.
It is noteworthy that the Riyadh Metro project consists of 6 tracks, 3 of which have been operated so far, namely: The first track, the “Blue Line”,: Olaya – Batha axis. Fourth track “Yellow Line”: King Khalid International Airport Road axis. The sixth route “Purple Line”: the axis of Abdul Rahman bin Awf Road – Sheikh Hassan bin Hussein bin Ali Road.

A source revealed to Al-Youm that intensive inspection tours have been launched on the Riyadh Metro, with the aim of ensuring that passengers adhere to the classes specified in their tickets.

This comes in light of the Riyadh Train providing three different classes, meeting the needs of all segments of society. The first class is designed to give passengers more space and highly comfortable seats, while the family class takes into account the privacy of families with appropriate spaces, while the individual class provides seats opposite each other while providing standing spaces to increase Capacity.

Plans to prevent congestion in the Riyadh Metro

In a related context, the Royal Commission for the City of Riyadh has developed elaborate plans to prevent congestion at stations and ensure the smooth flow of passenger traffic.
The plan includes allocating “train ambassadors” at all stations, who are employees trained to provide the best services to passengers, from welcoming them, to purchasing tickets, and until leaving the station.
The role of “train ambassadors” is not limited to that, but extends to helping people with disabilities and the elderly, solving customer problems, providing information and guidance, in addition to supervising the evacuation of the train when necessary, responding to accidents and providing first aid.