Riyadh Metro Rail System - World Class Design
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(Reuters) - The Saudi Arabian government awarded $22.5 billion in contracts to three foreign-led consortia on Sunday for the design and construction of a metro rail system in the capital Riyadh. The project, which will involve six rail lines extending 176 kilometers (110 miles) and carrying electric, driverless trains, is the world's largest public transport system currently under development, Saudi officials said. U.S. construction giant Bechtel Corp heads a group which won a $9.45 billion contract to build two lines, the government announced. A consortium led by Spain's Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC.MC) won a $7.82 billion contract for three lines, while Italy's Ansaldo STS (STS.MI) heads a group that won a $5.21 billion order. Design work will start immediately and construction will begin in the first quarter of 2014, the government said. The project would be completed in 2019. Flush with cash after more than two years of high oil prices, Saudi Arabia is pumping billions of dollars into infrastructure projects designed to improve living standards and ease social discontent in the wake of the 2011 uprisings elsewhere in the Arab world. Last August the government approved a $16.5 billion plan to modernize the transport system in its holy city of Mecca, including building a bus network and a metro system. It is also building several other rail systems, including a 2,750 km line running from Riyadh to near the northern border with Jordan. Saudi officials said Riyadh's population was projected to grow from 6 million to over 8 million in the next 10 years, making the metro vital to ease congestion and pollution in the capital's streets. In addition to raising living standards, the government says it wants to upgrade the country's infrastructure to help the economy diversify beyond oil, making it less vulnerable to any future plunge of global oil prices. (Reporting by Marwa Rashad, Writing by Andrew Torchia; Editing by Diane Craft) Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/28/us-saudi-metro-contract-idUSBRE96R0CI20130728
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A fabulous place, great to feel so welcomed
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I wonder how Saudi Arabia would handle USA-type chimp-outs when the feral beasts rampage in public?
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ITS GIFT FROM GOD FOR EVERY SAUDI'S CITIZEN ON BEHALF OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD SALLALLAHU ALHI WASSALAM
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This is the kingdom of saudi arabia 🇸🇦💚
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mashallah...
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KSA♥♥♥
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Nicest
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Riyadh is a shit-hole. The "king's vision" is the vision of foreigners - foreigners who will do everything. Saudis are useless - they cannot do anything constructive on their own accord. That state, under the tyranny of the House of Saud, disrespects all fundamental human rights, and it supports terrorist organizations operating in Syria and elsewhere. The only reason they remain is because of their close ties with the Americans. Never has Saudi Arabia defended Palestine, in fact, many in the House of Saud want to strengthen ties with the Zionists. They're also bombing the poorest country in the Arab World, Yemen. These gulf monarchies are puppet regimes that serve imperialist interests in the region, and who allow the negative status quo to continue. Saudi Arabia is a horrible place, and anyone who has been there will agree.
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pehla saudi luut khoo ta khatam kar lu
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so beautiful masha Allah.
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I'm the part of this project at the moment
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This place is so crap compared to Dubai I just wanna move 🙄 People are only here for the money 💰 like my parents I lived 4 years in Dubai it is so much better !
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maybe Riyadh now is the beautiful train now 2017
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Wtf is this Saudi Arabia it's so much better than I thought it would be I'm shocked right now :0
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I miss every corner of this city.
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I love Saudi Arabia! i very glad to see my Muslim brothers have so good town! ALLAHU AKBAR!!!!
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God bless my country
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mashallah we should stop and thing how much god has blessed us not just saudia Arabia but the whole world
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Who designed it and who built it? Please God let it be an Arab, just like the guy that built the magnificent pyramids.
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