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title: "Riyadh Metro – Saudi Arabia"
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# Riyadh Metro – Saudi Arabia

![Riyadh Metro – Saudi Arabia](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc01660-enhanced-nr-2-cropped-scaled.jpg)

**The Riyadh Metro, officially inaugurated on 27 November 2024 by His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, is a particularly ambitious project in which SYSTRA has been involved since 2013. The aim was to create the largest automatic metro system to be commissioned in a single phase, within ten years.**

## SYSTRA TEAMS MOBILISED FOR OVER A DECADE

Since August 2013, SYSTRA has been working alongside Parsons and Egis as part of
the Riyadh Metro Transit Consultants (RMTC) consortium, on behalf of the Royal
Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC). We mobilised nearly 250 engineers for this
project, on which we acted as PMCM (Project Management Construction Management),
providing project management assistance, design, project management and
construction supervision for the first three lines, Blue, Red and Orange.

This new metro, made up of six lines, will considerably change the day-to-day
transport of Riyadh’s 7 million inhabitants: more than a million passengers are
expected to use the network every day, with four park-and-ride facilities built
as close as possible to key points to encourage a modal shift from the car to
public transport.

## PARTICIPATION ON ALL NETWORK LINES

From 1 December 2024, passengers on the first three lines were able to use
almost 60% of the final network, i.e. around 100km of automatic driverless lines
serving 46 emblematic stations, with tracks in tunnels, viaducts, on the surface
and in covered trenches. The six lines of the network will be open until 5
January 2025.

Teams from SYSTRA International Bridge Technologies were involved in the design
of the viaduct for the longest of the lines, line 3, from the tendering and
design phase through to on-site construction supervision.

![DSC02800-2-2 small](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/dsc02800-2-2-small-1024x682.jpg)

SYSTRA is also involved in the design of the extension to line 2 and in the
preliminary studies, prequalification and tender monitoring for the future Line
7.

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## A KEY PLAYER IN ALL FORMS OF TRANSPORT IN SAUDI ARABIA

SYSTRA has been working with Saudi Arabia since 1987 to create transport
networks throughout the country, particularly in Riyadh, Jeddah, Medina and
Mecca. Having been involved in major metro, rail freight, planning and transport
consultancy projects, SYSTRA is now fully mobilised to meet the ambitions of the
Saudi government’s Vision 2030 programme.

SYSTRA’s teams are currently working in Mecca to update the feasibility study
for its metro system and to build a Bus Rapid Transit system. They are also
contributing to the design of
[**tramway in AlUla**](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/alula-tramway-saudi-arabia/)
, a historic city in the north-west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

They are also carrying out assignments for the Obhur multimodal bridge on the
outskirts of Jeddah, for the NEOM project, and for the construction of the
[**North-South Railway**](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/north-south-railway-saudi-arabia/)
dedicated to freight and passenger transport.

Finally, our teams have signed a long-term partnership with Saudi National
Railways (SAR). SYSTRA’s major contribution to these large-scale projects makes
it a leading partner of the Saudi authorities in the field of mobility.

## The project in pictures

Some examples of projects in Urban transit, Metro, Project Management and
Construction

[  Łódź Fabryczna railway station – Poland  ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/lodz-fabryczna-railway-station-poland/)
[  The Tunis RFR (Rapid Rail Network) -Tunisia ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/the-tunis-rfr-rapid-rail-network-tunisia/)
[  Alexandria Raml Tramway – Egypt ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/alexandria-raml-tramway-egypt/)
[  Tanta-El Mansoura-Damietta railway line – Egypt ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/tanta-mansoura-damietta-railway-line-egypt/)
[  Technical expertise and programme management for BusConnects – Ireland ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/technical-expertise-and-programme-management-for-busconnects-ireland/)
[  Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan – Dominican Republic ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/sustainable-urban-mobility-plan-dominican-republic/)

[ See a selection of SYSTRA's projects ](https://www.systra.com/en/our-projects/)