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Discuss this article (2 Comments)$5.6bn transport plan unveiled for Jeddah
by This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it on Wednesday, 15 April 2009
RAIL PLAN: Jeddah's transport system will be transformed in a $5.6 billion plan. (Getty Images)
Plans have been revealed for a SR21 billion ($5.6bn) monorail project in Jeddah as part of a comprehensive transport shake-up in the city.
Transport Minister Jabara Al-Seraisry presented plans to develop public transport in Jeddah to Makkah Governor Prince Khaled Al-Faisal.
The new public transport system, which includes monorails, buses and trams linking Jeddah’s residential districts, would bring about a revolution in the city’s traffic system, Arab News reported on Wednesday citing a Saudi Press Agency story.
Al-Seraisry said the project would 816 buses, 201 stations, and dozens of tram cars and the project would have an annual operation cost of about SR370 million.
Prince Khaled urged officials to undertake the project as quickly as possible, the report added.
It is understood that the monorails will have a speed of 40-60km per hour and contracts have already been signed with leading national and international companies to implement new railway lines.
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Monorails system
Posted by Fouad AlJifri, jeddah, saudi arabia on Wednesday 15 April 2009 at 17:18 UAE time
Well said this should have been done 25 years ago specially now the cities are over crowded and to travel a small distance one needs hours .Project completion date is not yet announced so you can easily say that this should have been done 30 years ago.
Posted by Fouad AlJifri, jeddah, saudi arabia on Wednesday 15 April 2009 at 17:18 UAE time
Well said this should have been done 25 years ago specially now the cities are over crowded and to travel a small distance one needs hours .Project completion date is not yet announced so you can easily say that this should have been done 30 years ago.
This should have been there 25 years back
Posted by Kaptain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Wednesday 15 April 2009 at 15:36 UAE time
Rail system is the most efficient mode and often used system.
Asian Subcontinent was introduced to it 150 years back, even though no oil wells were there, not even now.
Arabian peninsula should have jumped onto public rail transport system when they struck the black gold.
They are late 25 years.
But then, who would have bought the Hummers, GMC and Toyota? Now with recession, nobody is buying cars anymore; the profits before the recession has been made enough, so now they think of this.
EFFICIENT!!!
Posted by Kaptain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on Wednesday 15 April 2009 at 15:36 UAE time
Rail system is the most efficient mode and often used system.
Asian Subcontinent was introduced to it 150 years back, even though no oil wells were there, not even now.
Arabian peninsula should have jumped onto public rail transport system when they struck the black gold.
They are late 25 years.
But then, who would have bought the Hummers, GMC and Toyota? Now with recession, nobody is buying cars anymore; the profits before the recession has been made enough, so now they think of this.
EFFICIENT!!!
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