Riyadh metro

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RPTP
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Basic data
Country Saudi Arabia
city Riad
opening 2021 (planned)
Lines 6th
Route length 176 km
Stations 85
use
vehicles Trains from

Siemens , AnsaldoBreda , Bombardier , Alstom

The Riyadh Metro (officially Riyadh Public Transport Project , RPTP for short ) is a subway system under construction in Riyadh , the capital of Saudi Arabia , worth a total of around $ 22.5 billion (17 billion euros ) should cost. The project was planned by the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh ( High Commission for the Development of Riyadh ). The plans were approved by the Saudi Arabian Council of Ministers on April 23, 2013. The result of the tender was announced on July 29, 2013. Three international consortia were awarded the contract. Complete completion is planned for 2021. The project is the largest single infrastructure measure in the history of Saudi Arabia.

Project progress

The result of the tender was announced on July 29, 2013. In addition to the six lines of the network, this invitation to tender also included four stations that had been specially advertised in packages of two. The stations King Abdullah Financial Center and Olaya as well as Al-Hukm Palace and Western Station were put out to tender together, with the contract for the first two and two lines going to the BACS consortium led by the American company Bechtel . This consortium is u. a. also Siemens and AECOM involved. The latter two stations and one line went to the Al-Riyadh New Mobility Consortium (ANM) led by the Italian Ansaldo STS . The FAST consortium, led by the Spanish FCC group , was awarded the contract for three lines .

The “first groundbreaking” was celebrated on April 4, 2014.

On February 23, 2016, the completion of the first Siemens train was announced in Vienna . The trains built by Siemens have been parked at Vienna's north-west station since May 2017 .

Test drives have been taking place since April 4, 2018. Partial commissioning of the subway network should take place in 2019, the complete opening in 2021.

network

The planned network is to include six lines with a total length of approx. 176 kilometers and 85 stations.

line length Stations course Costs in $ consortium
(1) Blue Line 38 km 26th Olaya Road - Al Hayer Road 6,561,627,163 BACS
(2) Red Line 25 km 16 King Abdullah Road - King Fahad Stadium 2,885,440,337 BACS
(3) Orange Line 41 km 22nd Madina Al Munawra - Rahman Al Awal Road 5,211,926,731 NOTE
(4) Yellow Line 30 km 9 King Khalid International Airport Road 3,060,788,759 NEARLY
(5) Green Line 13 km 12 King Abdul Aziz Road 2,662,558,659 NEARLY
(6) Purple Line 30 km 11 Abdul Rahman bin Ouf Road - Sheikh Hassan bin Hussein Road 2,167,973,532 NEARLY

Stations

International architecture competitions were announced for three main transfer stations - the so-called Iconic Stations . The selected designs are from:

  • Gerber Architects (Germany) for the Olaya Metro Station
  • Snøhetta (Norway), for the Qasr Al Hokm Downtown Metro Station
  • Zaha Hadid (Great Britain), for the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station

business

Fully automatic operation is planned for the entire subway network. Alstom plans to supply 69 Metropolis trains, each 36 meters long, for 1.2 billion euros and the signaling technology . There should be two classes of car in the trains , as well as separate areas for families and individuals. Alstom trains are built in Katowice , Poland. Siemens will supply 74 Inspiro trains for lines 1 (45 units with four wagons) and 2 (29 units with two wagons). These have an aluminum car body and can travel up to 90 km / h. Chassis, power supply, brakes and doors have been adapted for the special climatic conditions in Riyadh. From Bombardier 47 units come with two cars of the type Innovia 300 for the M3.

A consortium made up of Alstom , Ansaldo STS and Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) has received the contract to operate lines 3–6 for the first 12 years. The contract has a value of 2.5 billion euros .

Web links

Commons : Riyadh Metro  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Saudi Arabia places orders for subway construction. Focus Online, accessed July 30, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b Riyadh metro mega-project to be fully operational by 2021 - The soft opening of the metro will be in 2019. The National, accessed on March 14, 2018 (English).
  3. ↑ Riyadh metro construction contracts awarded. Railway Gazette International, July 29, 2013, accessed July 5, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Saudis build subway. ntv, accessed May 14, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Groundbreaking ceremony launches construction of Riyadh metro. Railway Gazette International, accessed April 11, 2014 .
  6. ↑ a b First Riyadh metro train set unveiled by Siemens. Railway Gazette International, accessed February 24, 2016 .
  7. ^ Wiener Bezirksblatt dated October 17, 2017 , Die Presse dated November 17, 2017 The Vienna Northwest Station itself has been closed and a new residential area is being built step by step.
  8. ^ NN: Test Running on Riyadh Metro Begins . In: HaRakevet 121 (June 2018), p. 28f (based on a report from Railway Gazette International of April 5, 2018).
  9. ^ Riyadh Metro, Saudi Arabia. Retrieved March 16, 2015 .
  10. ↑ a b Eisenbahn-Revue International 10/2013, p. 518f.
  11. ^ Winning contractors announced for Riyadh Public Transport Project. (No longer available online.) Website of the city of Riyadh, archived from the original on August 15, 2016 ; accessed on July 30, 2013 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arriyadh.com
  12. ^ Iconic Riyadh Metro stations designs revealed. In: Architects Choice. Retrieved March 17, 2015 .
  13. ↑ Olaya Metro Station. In: Gerber Architects. Retrieved July 7, 2016 .
  14. ^ Riyadh Metro Station, Architecture, Landscape and Interior. In: snohetta.com - Architecture Landscape Interior Brand Design. Retrieved March 17, 2015 .
  15. ^ King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station. In: Zaha Hadid Architects. Retrieved March 17, 2015 .
  16. ↑ Eisenbahn-Revue International 10/2013, p. 519.
  17. ↑ pd / mr: Major order for Alstom, Ansaldo STS and FS from Riyadh . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International 11/2018, p. 591.