Riyadh metro: Construction work begins

RIYADH, November 10, SPA -- Saudi Arabia has started construction of an ambitious
light-rail project exclusively for the capital city, where 36 stations will be
built in the first phase.

This project is aimed at reducing congestion in a city where 87 percent of the
population uses private cars as the primary mode of transport.

“This Light Transit Railway (LTR) project for the capital city, as it is called,
comes under the jurisdiction of ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA),” Mohammed
Abu-Zaid, a spokesman for the Saudi Railways Organization (SRO), said on Monday.

Abuzaid also pointed out that the SRO would receive eight train cars within 36
months from now from the Spanish company CAF.

“The total cost of these eight train units is about SR612 million,” Abuzaid
told the Jeddah-based Arab News.

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--SPA 10:59 LOCAL TIME 07:59 GMT