Saudi Arabia Railways has signed agreements with leading international rail companies - Alstom as well as US groups Progress Rail and Greenbrier - for the manufacture and supply of locomotives and freight cars in support of the kingdom's Phosphate 3 expansion project.
Consortiums led by French group Alstom, German tech major Siemens, Japan's Hitachi Rail and Chinese group CRRC have emerged as the qualified bidders for the Riyadh Metro’s Line 7 project. A 65-km network, it will boast 19 stations, of which 14 will be built underground.
Webuild, a global leader in the design and construction sector, has announced that its consortium - comprising Indian construction conglomerate L&T, Saudi Arabia's Nesma and French rail transport giant Alstom - has secured the contract for the extension of Riyadh Metro’s Red Line network.
