Riyadh Metro Green Line tunneling complete

The FAST consortium has completed tunnel excavation works for Line 5 (Green Line) of the Riyadh Metro while Alstom has begun laying the first sections of track for the mega project.

The Green Line runs below King Abdulaziz Road, one of the main arteries running through the city of Riyadh, and is 13km long featuring 11 deep underground stations in addition to two transfer stations with the Red and Blue lines.

The line is one of three being constructed by FAST – including the Yellow and Purple lines – covering a combined64 km of track.

FAST comprises Spain’s FCC, Samsung C&T (Korea), Alstom (France), Strukton (The Netherlands), Freyssinet (Saudi Arabia), Atkins (UK), Typsa (Spain) and Setec (France).

Alstom has begun track works, an important milestone for the project. The works will commence within an at-grade section of the Yellow Line, and will be the first tracks to be installed throughout the Riyadh Metro project.

Alstom is supplying a fully integrated metro system which includes: 69 Metropolis Trains, Urbalis signalling, the energy recovery system Hesop as well as tracks.