RCRC - Riyadh Metro: Line 7
The Royal Commission of Riyadh City (RCRC) is planning to undertake the construction of Line 7 with a maximum speed of 120 km per hour as part of the Metro network project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The Line 7 will link Qiddiya entertainment city development, King Abdullah International Gardens, King Salman Park, Misk City and Diriyah Gate. The total length is around 65 kilometres (km), of which 47km is underground, and 19km is elevated, with 19 stations, of which 14 stations are underground, and five stations are overground.
The US$8000 million includes the following:
1. Construction of a 65-kilometre metro line (linking Qiddiya Entertainment City, King Salman Park, and Diriyah Gate)
i. Construction of 47km is the underground
ii. Construction of a 19-kilometre overground
2. Construction of 19 railway stations (with provision for 2 extra stations)
i. Construction of 14 underground stations
ii. Construction of 5 overground stations
3. Infrastructure works
4. Installation of track lines
5. Installation of the signalling systems
6. Civil works
7. Construction of maintenance depot at Diriyah North
8. Construction of associated facilities
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27 February 2026
The project is under post-tender clarification stage. (Source: MEED)
03 February 2026
The main contract bids are submitted on January 31, 2026. It is understood that the following consortiums submitted the bids : *Consortium of Alstom, WeBuild, and Nesma & Partners ; *Consortium of Siemens, FCC, Freyssinet Contracting and Almabani; *Consortium of Hitachi Rail, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Kalyon Insaat AS, Cengiz Holding AS and Albawani; *Consortium of CRRC Corporation, Mapa Insaat, and Limak Holding. Typsa, Ayesa, and Aecom are the consultants for the Alstom-led team. Idom and Dowha are the consultants for the Siemens-led team. Sener and Jacobs are the design consultants for the Hitachi Rail-led team. (Source: MEED)
04 December 2025
The deadline for bid submission has been extended to January 31, 2026. (Source: MEED)
18 September 2025
The deadline for bid submissions has been extended to November 30, 2025. (Source: MEED)
18 June 2025
The bid submission deadline has been extended till September 2025.
05 May 2025
The bid submission deadline remains the same as June 15, 2025.
12 March 2025
The bid submission deadline has been extended to June 15, 2025. (Source: MEED)
05 March 2025
Consortiums have been reshuffled and new teams have been formed, as some civil contractors have decided not to participate in the project. The consortiums planning to bid for the contract include: *Consortium of Alstom, FCC, Freyssinet Saudi Arabia, WeBuild, and Nesma; *Consortium of Siemens, Samsung C&T, Acciona, and Alayuni; *Consortium of Hitachi Rail, OHLA, Daewoo, Hyundai E&C, Almabani, and Albawani; *Consortium of CRRC, Mapa, and Limak. (Source: MEED)
02 February 2025
The main contract bid submission date remains the same as March 10, 2025.
20 September 2024
The request for proposal (RFP) has been issued and the bid submission is on March 10, 2025. (Source: MEED)
17 September 2024
The main contract tenders are expected to be issued by September 2024. (Source: MEED)
26 August 2024
The main contract tenders have not been issued yet.
25 July 2024
The client is preparing to issue the tender to design and build the project in August 2024. (Source: MEED)
17 July 2024
Consortiums are being reshuffled and new teams have been formed to participate in the project. The following new consortiums are planning to bid for the project: *Consortium of Alstom, FCC, Freyssinet Saudi Arabia, WeBuild, and Nesma. *Consortium of Siemens, Samsung C&T, Acciona, and Alayuni. *Consortium of Hitachi Rail, OHLA, Daewoo, Hyundai E&C, Almabani, and Albawani. *Consortium of CRRC, Mapa, and Limak. (Source: MEED)
13 June 2024
The following consortiums amongst others have submitted the PQ documents and the PQ shortlist is underway: *Consortium of OHL, Hitachi Rail, Hyundai E&C, Daewoo, Al Bawani, and Almabani with Sener as their design consultant. *Consortium of Samsung C&T, Acciona, and Siemens with Idom, Dowha, and Pini as their design consultants. *Consortium of FCC, Webuild, Nesma, Saudi Freyssinet, and Alstom with Aecom, Typsa, and Ayesa as their design consultants and *Consortium of MAPA, Limak, and CRRC.
17 April 2024
It is understood that the PQ shortlist has not been done yet.
18 February 2024
The prequalification documents have been submitted for the design-build tender and we are in the process of identifying the companies. (Source: MEED)
25 January 2024
The prequalification submission is extended from January 2024 to February 15, 2024. The following three consortiums are likely to participate in the prequalification process: *Consortium of Alstom, Freysinnet Contracting, WeBuild, FCC, and Nesma, *Consortium of Siemens, Samsung C&T Corp, Acciona and Alayuni, and *Consortium of Hitachi Rail, Daewoo, Hyundai E&C, Gulermak, and Albawani. Typsa, Ayesa, and Aecom are the consultants for the Alstom-led team. Idom, Dowha, and Pini are the consultants for the Siemens-led team. Jacobs is the consultant for the Hitachi Rail-led team.
15 December 2023
The prequalification submission is extended from October 16, 2023, to December 20, 2023, and likely to be further extended until January 2024. Following companies are forming teams with rolling stock suppliers to submit their PQ documents for the project: *Team of Alstom, Freysinnet Contracting, WeBuild, FCC and Nesma & Partners, *Team of Siemens, Samsung C&T Corporation, Acciona and Al Ayuni Investment & Contracting, *Team of Hitachi Rail, Larsen & Toubro, Hyundai E&C, Gulermak and Albawani. (Source: MEED)