Riyadh, March 5 -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Metro project will be completed by the end of 2023, or by the beginning of 2024, local media reported.

The announcement was made by Riyadh mayor, Prince Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Bin Ayyaf, during an interview in a program titled "In the Picture" on the Rotana Khalijia channel.

Prince Faisal Bin Abdul Aziz Bin Ayyaf said that the Riyadh Metro is the largest infrastructure project ever to be implemented in the city.

What is the Riyadh Metro project?

The largest public transport network giant project in the world, the project features a length of approximately 176 kilometres of railway lines, on which electric trains operate without drivers, in addition to that 40 percent of the train t...