The Jeddah Metro is a planned
metro system
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...
in the city of
Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
.
Several lines will be built over the course of at least five years that will eventually aim to increase
public transport
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typi ...
commuter share to 30% from the current 1 to 2 percent.
Planning
The metro was approved in March 2013.
SYSTRA
SYSTRA is a multinational engineering and consulting group in the mobility sector, whose fields of activity include rail and public transport. In 2019, it employed a staff of about 7,300 people, and is a limited company which shareholders includ ...
was chosen as the project engineer in 2014.
It should be completed in 2020.
Completion has been pushed back to 2025.
Foster and Partners
Foster + Partners is a British architectural, engineering, and integrated design practice founded in 1967 as Foster Associates by Norman Foster. It is the largest architectural firm in the UK with over 1,500 employees in 13 studios worldwide ...
is to design the stations, trains and branding.
Network
A total of three lines are planned.
Phase 1 would link the
King Abdulaziz International Airport
King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) ( ar, مطار الملك عبدالعزيز الدولي) is an international airport serving Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, also known as "Jeddah International Airport"( ar, مطار جدة الدولي).
T ...
with the
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium ( ar, استاد الأمير عبدالله الفيصل) is a stadium in the port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The stadium is located in the south east of Jeddah, between King Abdulaziz University and the in ...
, central Al-Ruwais and Al-Khozam.
* Line
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A
tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
line is also planned.
See also
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Makkah Metro
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Madinah Metro
The Medina Metro or Madinah Metro is a planned three-line Rapid transit, metro system for the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Planning
On 4 November 2013 the Saudi cabinet announced that a metro would be built in Madinah within eight years. A com ...
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Riyadh Metro
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Haramain High Speed Rail Project
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List of metro systems
References
External links
Jeddah Metro Company
{{Rail transport in Saudi Arabia
Metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urb ...
Rapid transit in Saudi Arabia
Proposed rapid transit
Proposed rail infrastructure in Saudi Arabia