Over 40 million passengers have used the Dubai Metro in the first quarter of this year, an increase on last year and a sign that the Metro is considered a quick and efficient alternative to road transport. 40,655,978 passengers used the Dubai Metro in the last quarter, an increase of 7.3 million on the same […]
Ten firms have been shortlisted in the competition to build the Mecca Metro. Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah, governor of the province of Mecca, has approved the shortlist which includes international and domestic consortia. Construction on the 25.5 bn Riyal project will begin later this year and is scheduled to take around three years to complete. […]
Riyadh emir Prince Khalid Bin Bandar, attended the ground breaking ceremony of the first phase of construction of the Riyadh Metro last Thursday. Three foreign consortia have been contracted to design and build the 176 km track around the city. The USD $22.5 billion Riyadh Metro is long awaited by residents and authorities. Prince Khalid […]
The Development Commission of Mecca & Mashaaer has invited interested parties to prequalify for tenders to build the 25.5 bn riyal Mecca Metro, scheduled for opening in 2019. The design and build phase will involve construction of the lines, third rail electrification, station and depot fit out, telecoms, platform screen doors, fare collection system, CBTC […]
A consortium led by Spanish firm FCC has won a €600 million contract to extend the Doha Metro. For the company this comes fast on the heels of winning a €6 billion contract to help build the Riyadh Metro. The Doha consortium also comprises of Archirodon, Yuksei and Petroserv, the latter company being Qatari. The […]
Due to problems with NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit Ltd, the government body building the Tel Aviv Light Rail system, the project has stalled. A French government company is likely to be offered the contract to make it happen, amidst apparent disbelief in government circles that the Israeli company would build the rail system at all. […]
Herrenknecht supplies 15 tunnel boring machines to Doha 25 February 2014 The State of Qatar is pursuing a large and ambitious vision destined to provide the highest standards of living to the country and its citizens by the year 2030. An important component for this is a modern transport infrastructure. Consequently the capital Doha, chronically […]
With perceptions of public transport changing in the Emirate, plans are well under way to extend the two main Metro lines in and around Dubai. The 22km Green Line is to be extended by 20.6 km and eighteen stations will be added to the route. Meanwhile the Red Line is to be extended at both […]
It has been announced that Jeddah’s Metro system will be built by 2020. Construction will begin early next year, as part of a city wide public transportation programme. CEO of the Jeddah Metro Company Ibrahim Kutubkhana, announced the progress at the Middle East Rail conference last week. The Metro system is being supported by Ministerial […]
Saudi Arabia‘s first high speed railway network the Haramain High Speed Rail Project has recently received an approval to construct two metro lines under the first phase of Makkah’s approx 16. 5 billion US dollar public transport project. Luis Sánchez Monserrat, Director at ADIF, Saudi Arabia will expand on the challenges in the structure of […]
