Riyadh Metro

Riyadh Metro
Top: Interior of a Siemens Inspiro, used on Lines 1 and 2 of the Riyadh Metro Bottom: Interior of the KAFD metro station
Overview
Native name	قطار الرياض
Owner	The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC)
Locale	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Transit type	Rapid Transit
Number of lines	6
Line number	1   2   3   4   5   6
Number of stations	85
Website	rpt.sa/en/
Operation
Began operation	1 December 2024; 24 days ago (2024-12-01)
Character	Elevated & Underground
Number of vehicles	586 cars
Train length	2–4 coaches
Headway	3 to 7 minutes
Technical
System length	176 km (109 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

The Riyadh Metro (Arabic: قطار الرياض, romanized: Qiṭār Ar-riyāḍ, Najdi Arabic pronunciation: [gɪ.ˈtˤaːr ər.rɪ.ˈjaːðˤ]) is a rapid transit system serving Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Part of the King Abdulaziz Project for Riyadh Public Transport, it is the longest driverless metro in the world.^[1]

The system consists of six lines connecting 85 stations spanning a combined length of 176 kilometers (109 mi). This is the second metro system in Saudi Arabia, after the Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro in Mecca, the fourth on the Arabian Peninsula, sixth in the Arab World, and fifteenth in the Middle East. The project cost $22.5 billion to build.^[2]