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Madinah Metro

Madinah Metro

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The Medina Metro or Madinah Metro is a planned three-line metro system for the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia.[1]

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Planning

On 4 November 2013 the Saudi cabinet announced that a metro would be built in Madinah within eight years.[2] A committee for the project was to be chaired by the Governor of Medina, Prince Faisal bin Salman.[2]

In March 2015 the Madinah Metro Development Authority (MMDA) awarded French companies Systra (consortium leader) and Egis Group a 12-month contract to carry out feasibility studies and produce preliminary design for the metro.[1] The network is to be built in two phases for opening in 2020s.[1]

Network

  • Line  1 
  • Line  2 
  • Line  3 

Total route length of 95 km. 25 km would be underground and 48 km elevated.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Madinah metro design contract". Railway Gazette International. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Makkah and Madinah metros approved". Railway Gazette International. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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