Floods cause train crash near eastern Saudi city, injuring 18
RIYADH — A Saudi train derailed near the eastern city of Dammam on Friday, injuring 18 people, after flooding from heavy rains caused the rail line to erode, the Saudi Railways Organization said in...
40% of new Riyadh hotel supply in 2017 set to be delayed
About 40 percent of new hotel supply expected in Riyadh during 2017 will be delayed, but pressure will remain on room rates, according to a new report by real estate consultants Colliers.
Despite the softening...
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مع اقتراب موعد تسليم قطار الرياض، نظمت شركة ألستوم لصناعة القطارات زيارة لمجموعة من الإعلاميين من مختلف دول العالم إلى مصنع الشركة بمدينة كاتوفيتسه ببولندا، لإطلاعهم على العربات في إطار مشروع الملك عبدالعزيز للنقل...
On Track: Saudi’s Riyadh Metro to start operation in 2019
“It will take time for people to get used to public transportation,” he says. “We planned everything in detail to make it easier for them to use.”
Walkways will be designed along the metro lines...
Saudi gov’t approves $24.5bn support for water, agriculture, environment
Saudi Arabia has approved financial support for the environment, water and agriculture sectors worth 92 billion riyals ($24.5 billion) to help them meet their goals under the government's 2030 economic plan, the minister handling...
What Riyadh’s New Metro Will Mean for Women
Saudi Arabia is infamous for being the only country in the world that does not issue driver’s licenses to women.
Though Saudi women can own cars, and rural women often drive anyway, urban women...
$22.5 billion Riyadh Metro: Arabian architecture and palm trees inspire metro train
SAUDI ARABIA:
Alstom unveiled a Metropolis trainset for the Riyadh metro at its Katowice factory in Poland on February 7.
The Metropolis trainset destined for Line 6 is the fifth that Alstom has produced for...
Italian firm says tunnels on line 3 of Riyadh Metro completed
Italian contractor Salini Impregilo has announced that the tunnel excavation work along Line 3 of the Riyadh Metro project has been completed.
Line 3, also known as the Orange line, is more than 40km long,...
Riyadh Metro exceeds three million safe work hours
Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Metro project has exceeded three million safe work hours, according to US-headquartered consultancy, Parsons.
The mass transit project, commissioned by Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA), passed the three million milestone less than a...
First Hyatt Regency Hotel Opens in the Heart of Riyadh
Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced the opening of Hyatt Regency Riyadh Olaya, the first Hyatt Regency hotel to open in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Developed by Mohammed A....
