المملكة: By operating the “green and red” tracks… completing the second stage of the Riyadh train tomorrow

The second phase of the sequential operation plan for the Riyadh Metro route network will begin tomorrow, Sunday, with the operation of the red track, “King Abdullah Road Corridor,” and the green track, “King Abdulaziz Road Corridor,” with a length of “38.2” kilometers.
The red path, which connects the eastern neighborhoods of Riyadh to the western neighbourhoods, is located at a distance of 25.3 km, while the path covers a distance of 12.9 km extending from north to south of the capital.

Train tracks

The first phase, which began at the beginning of this month, witnessed the operation of the blue track: Olaya Street – Al-Batha – Al-Hayer axis, with a length of 38 km, and the yellow track: King Khalid International Airport Road, with a length of 29.5 km. The purple track: the axis of Abdul Hamman bin Awf Road – Sheikh Hassan bin Hussein Road, 29.7 km long.
According to the operational plan, the orange route “Madinah Road Corridor” will be operated on January 5, 2025, with a length of 40.7 km, thus completing the operation of all six routes of the network with a total length of 176 km, including 85 stations, including four main stations, where they meet… A number of network routes, distributed between 34 overhead stations and 47 underground stations, constituting a qualitative shift in the public transportation system in the capital.

The metro stations include amenities, safety, air conditioning, and trip information systems, and some of them include shops, commercial services, and parking lots.
The project includes 190 trains containing 452 cars, and includes 19 public parking sites on various tracks of the train network in most parts of the city, with different capacities ranging between 400 and 600 cars.

Riyadh train

According to the Royal Commission for the City of Riyadh, the Riyadh Train was designed according to high technical specifications, the most prominent of which is the use of the “driverless” automated train system, where the trains are controlled through the control and operation center of the public transportation system in the city of Riyadh, in addition to the center’s management of passenger service operations, Security and safety monitoring.
The project contributes to raising the quality of life in the city by encouraging residents to adopt a healthy lifestyle, by providing a suitable environment for walking and access to public transport stations, in a developed urban environment, surrounded by attractive commercial, cultural and tourist activities.

In addition to the project’s contribution to enhancing efforts to achieve environmental sustainability in the city by reducing pollution resulting from car exhausts, reducing fuel consumption, and using modern and advanced technologies in train cars, buses, stations, and facilities in a way that helps reduce energy consumption, and is consistent with the objectives of the “Vision” programs. “Kingdom 2030.”