{"id":606,"date":"2024-11-29T10:24:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/arabia\/news\/inauguration-of-the-riyadh-automatic-metro-systra-a-major-actor-in-this-ambitious-project\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:51:41","slug":"inauguration-of-the-riyadh-automatic-metro-systra-a-major-actor-in-this-ambitious-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/arabia\/news\/inauguration-of-the-riyadh-automatic-metro-systra-a-major-actor-in-this-ambitious-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration of the Riyadh automatic metro: SYSTRA a major actor in this ambitious project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our role as PMCM (Project Management Construction Management) was to provide project management assistance, design, project management and construction supervision for the first three lines, Blue, Red and Orange. With the added challenge of coordinating numerous construction sites in a particularly congested city, SYSTRA mobilised almost 250 engineers on this project of unparalleled ambition: to create in a decade the largest metro network to be commissioned in a single phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This new metro, comprising six lines that will be brought into service almost simultaneously, will considerably change the daily transport of Riyadh’s 7 million inhabitants: more than a million passengers are expected to use the network every day, with 19 park-and-ride facilities built as close as possible to key points to encourage a modal shift from the car to public transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The inauguration marked a historic day for Riyadh, which brings to life its first automatic metro system, and for SYSTRA, whose teams have been working on the project since August 2013. This is a major transformation for the Kingdom’s capital city, which is acquiring one of the most modern metro networks in the world. Through this project, we are very proud to be contributing to the Kingdom’s ambitious Vision 2030 and its transition towards more sustainable mobility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jean-Charles Vollery, SYSTRA CEO<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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SYSTRA at the service of a fast-growing capital city<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Starting December 1, users of the first three opened lines will be able to use nearly 60% of the final network, i.e. close to 100km of automatic driverless lines serving 46 emblematic stations, with tracks integrated into the heart of a fast-growing capital, in tunnels, viaducts, on the surface and in covered trenches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The six lines of the network will be opened progressively until 5 January 2025. SYSTRA is already fully involved in the design of the extension to Line 2 and in the preliminary studies, pre-qualification and monitoring of the calls for tenders for the future Line 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our engineers are also involved in many other projects, associated with the Vision 2030 programme, which are transforming the Saudi metropolis:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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