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Three lines are to be opened from December 1, followed by “a gradual commissioning, until the opening of six lines, which will constitute a network of 175 kilometers throughout the city”.
The six months are to be fully operational on January 5, he reports
“The network was designed to carry 3.6 million passengers at full capacity and operates with a fully automated (conductorless) subway system,” the Commission announces.
It includes 183 trains, made up of 448 cars manufactured by Siemens (Germany), Bombardier (Canada) and Alstom (France), with a “modern and unified design”, designed by the French company Avant Première, states the Royal Commission.
The official Saudi Press Agency published a photo of King Salman, a former governor of Riyadh for nearly half a century, announcing that he had officially inaugurated the project, billed as “the backbone of the capital’s public transport network.” “.
