ALSTOM has successfully handed over the first of 69 driverless metro trains it is delivering to Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) for use on lines 4, 5 and 6 of the Saudi capital’s metro network.

ONE of the first Alstom Metropolis driverless metro trains for Riyadh Metro was presented to representatives of Arriyadh Development Authority and the international media at Alstom's plant in Katowice on February 7.

ITALIAN contractor Salini Impregilo announced on February 3 that it has completed tunnel excavation work on Line 3 of the Riyadh Metro project.

IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: SIEMENS presented the first driverless Inspiro metro train for Riyadh metro Line 1 (Blue Line) to representatives of Arriyadh Development Authority (ARA) at InnoTrans on September 20.

A full-size mock-up of a Metropolis train for lines 4, 5 and 6 of the Riyadh metro was presented in the Saudi capital by Alstom on June 8 to the governor of Riyadh, Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and the transport minister HE Suleiman Al Hamdan.

SIEMENS presented the first of 74 Inspiro metro vehicles for Riyadh's metro in Vienna today.

ALL three consortia building the six-line metro in the Saudi capital Riyadh have selected Pfaff-Silberblau, Germany, to supply train lifting equipment for installation in each of their new maintenance workshops.