Saudi Arabia set to launch Riyadh Metro this year

Saleh Al-Jasser, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Transport and Logistics Services, confirmed that the Riyadh Metro will begin operations this year, in line with the Royal Commission for Riyadh City’s previous announcement.

Al-Jasser said that “the project will achieve a qualitative shift in the



Saudi capital, Riyadh, and it is the largest metro project in the world to be built at one time.”

Al-Jasser made these statements during an interview with Al-Arabiya Business on Wednesday, August 21, following the inauguration of Maersk’s largest integrated logistics zone in the Middle East at Jeddah Islamic Port.