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Business● Low31m ago · Nov 15, 2026, 12:59 PM

Construction starts on Expo 2030 metro station with capacity for 19,000 passengers an hour

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Arab News · Saudi Arabia · Middle East

RIYADH: The Royal Commission for Riyadh City has begun construction of a new metro station serving the Expo 2030 site, with capacity for up to 19,000 passengers per hour, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. The station is on the Riyadh Metro’s Yellow Line, which is linked to King Khalid International Airport. It will be built above King Salman Road, within a green corridor, a landscaped strip of land, linking the Expo 2030 Riyadh site to the east with future urban development areas to the

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