Metro Jeddah Company

The Jeddah Model:

Integrated Public Transport Systems

Content

Jeddah Commissioned Studies

Timeline

Q & A

3 Early Consultancy Packages

Jeddah Background

Metro Jeddah Company Projects

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Located on the coast of the Red Sea

and is the major urban center of

western Saudi Arabia

It is the largest city in Makkah

Province, and the second largest city

in Saudi Arabia

The population of the city currently

stands at over 3.88 million and is

expected to be 6.2 million in 20

years

The commercial capital and the

principal gateway to Mecca, Islam's

holiest city and the prophet City

Madinah

Jeddah City Background

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Jeddah 66 years ago (1947)

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Jeddah City Background

1253 square km – Population: 3.88 m

2012 1947 1 square km – Population: 60 Thousand

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Phases of Growth

As the city expanded over time it was

driven by two competing forces, radial

growth around the historic core and

linear growth along the Makkah and

Madinah Roads.

Phases of Growth

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• Limited Services

• Infrequent Services

• No Fixed Stops

• Represents only 1-2 % of Trips

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Current Public Transportation System

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Jeddah Local Roads Network

1. Jeddah Strategic Plan

2. Jeddah Structural Plan

3. Jeddah Transport Master Plan

4. Jeddah Public Transport Plan

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Jeddah Commissioned Studies

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• Policies and Strategic Principles

- Reduce dependency on cars for mobility

- High density, mixed use districts

- Active and accessible public domain

- Walkable streets and neighborhoods

- Multiple transit choices

- Easy access to Transit

- Highest land use density adjacent to Transit

- Adapt to local heritage and customs

Jeddah Public Transport Plan

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• Predicted traffic operations on the road

network

• Percentage public transport usage predicted

• Level of travel demand measures required

to support the proposals

• Appropriate planning of land uses and their

densities

• Measure of accessibility

• Impact of New Developments on the road

and public transport network

• Measurable benefits

Jeddah Public Transport Plan

2006 - 2008

Initiation of Public

Transportation Master Plan

(Ministry of Transport)

Designing the Blue Line and the

Orange Line (A) up to 30%

(Ministry of Transport)

2010 - 2013

Metro Jeddah Company

12 March 2013

2013 - 2020

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Metro Jeddah Company Projects

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• In March 2013, a Ministerial Decree has been announced with the approval of the implementation of Public Transport in Jeddah

• The Decree dedicated a total budget of 45 Billion Saudi Rial for the project

• The Decree has also established the delivery date of the complete public transport master plan as 7 years.

Governmental Decision

Ministerial Decree

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Governmental Decision

Key Advantages with the Ministerial Decree

• Made a permission to use non-standard government contract (FIDIC).

• Gives allowances to prequalify contractors to ensure specialized contractors

are equally competitive

• Bidding Technical package and Financial package separately. Opening of

financial package will be subject to the acceptance of the Technical

package.

Trains

Metro Tram Commuter Rail

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Jeddah Public Transportation Elements

Marine Network

Ferries Marine Taxi

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Jeddah Public Transportation Elements

Buses

Feeder Rapid Commuter

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Jeddah Public Transportation Elements

Obhour Iconic Bridge Al-Muntalaq Multimodal Station

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Jeddah Public Transportation Elements

• 84 Km.

• 36 Km.

• 32 Km.

Orange Line (A+B)

Blue Line

Green Line

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Jeddah Public Transportation Elements

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• 48 Km.

• 48 Stations

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Tram

Jeddah Public Transportation Elements

• 93 Km.

• 13 Stations

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Commuter rail

Jeddah Public Transportation Elements

• 94 Km.

• 17 Stations

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Marine Network

Jeddah Public Transportation Elements

• 840 Km. in one direction

• 2950 Bus Stations

• 814 Buses

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Bus Network

Jeddah Public Transportation Elements

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Jeddah Public Transportation Master Plan

• Main Span: 200 m

• Creek Crossing Length: 360 m

• Bridge Width: 74 m

• Clearance: 15.5 m Ultimate

Height: 51 m

• Total Bridge length: 2 km

• Bridge is to carry Orange

metro line in the median

• Works inclusive of

interchanges

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Obhour Iconic Bridge

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Obhour Iconic Bridge

Al-Muntalaq Multimodal station

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1. Preliminary Engineering Design

2. Pre-PM

3. Architecture Competition

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3 Early Consultancy Packages

According to the Ministerial

Decree, Jeddah Public

Transportation Program is due

with a timeframe of 7 years.

MJC came up with a

preliminary high level plan to

meet the deadline.

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Timeline

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Q & A

Q & A

Thank you…

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