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China Railway Construction Corporation Limited ... Saudi Arabia - CRCC wins 6.7 billion Saudi riyal contract in 2009 to build the first 18 km (11 mi) ...
The China Railway Seventh Group ... is a subsidiary of the construction conglomerate, China Railway Group ... the company has operations in Africa and Saudi Arabia.
China Railway Construction Corporation Limited was responsible for infrastructure construction and systems integration under the 6.7-billion-riyal phase I contract which was awarded by the Saudi Arabian government in February 2009 following a visit by President Hu Jintao of China.
The Mecca Metro or Makkah Metro is a metro system with four planned lines in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Metro was constructed by China Railway Construction Corporation [3] and is run by Mecca Mass Rail Transit Company (MMRTC). The metro forms part of the 62-billion-riyal Mecca Public Transport Programme (MPTP), which will include ...
The HHR has a service speed of 300 km/h (186 mph), making it the first high-speed railway in Saudi Arabia and West Asia. [4] Construction began in March 2009 and the railway was officially inaugurated on 25 September 2018, [5] opening to the public on 11 October 2018. [6]
Mecca Metro, a railway in Saudi Arabia to be built at a cost of $16.5bn, [105] The Mecca Mass Rail Transit Project (MMRT) project will include the construction of four new metro lines A, B, C and D complementing the Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro line. The new lines will have a total length of 180 km and will cover about 88 stations. [106]
China-Saudi diplomatic and economic relations grew closer in the 2000s. In 2004, the People's Republic of China and Saudi Arabia initiated a series of regular political meetings. During the same year, Sinopec, China's state-run oil company, signed an agreement to explore gas in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Railways Organization was merged into the new Saudi Arabia Railways on 1 April 2021. In Riyadh an extensive metro system is under construction from 2014, with six lines of 176 km (110 miles) all due to open in 2023. Rolling stock will be from Siemens, Alstom and Bombardier.