The Saudi Arabian government has approved plans for electric train and bus road networks in Riyadh which they hope will generate US$2.13billion a year and provide 450,000 direct and indirect jobs.
The bus road network will have four levels with nucleus network for high-capacity buses, circular network for medium-capacity buses, secondary network for low to medium capacity buses, and local network for cluster roads on districts.
The first phase of the railway project will have 11 stations and cover 17km between King Khaled Road at the west and Khaled bin Al-Waleed Street on the east. The railway network will also operate at the axis of Al-Olaya-Al Batha Street over a length of 25km.
The transport plan aims to reduce fuel usage by over 620million litres a year, as well as highway accidents and their related costs.
Eyes trained on Saudi transport plans
The Saudi Arabian government has approved plans for electric train and bus road networks in Riyadh which they hope will generate US$2.13billion a year and provide 450,000 direct and indirect jobs. The bus road network will have four levels with nucleus network for high-capacity buses, circular network for medium-capacity buses, secondary network for low to medium capacity buses, and local network for cluster roads on districts. The first phase of the railway project will have 11 stations and cover 17km betw
