Line 5 Riyadh Metro Tunnel and Deep Underground Stations
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
José-Maria Lorenzo-Romero
(TYPSA, Madrid, Spain)
Jose-Luis Sanchez-Jimenez (TYPSA, Madrid, Spain) Alberto Gomez Elvira (TYPSA, Madrid, Spain) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Challenges in Design and Construction of an Innovative and Sustainable Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, 21-23 September 2016 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Stockholm, 2016 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 2703-2710 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2016 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/stockholm.2016.2702 | ||||
| Abstract: |
As part of the future Riyadh Public transport network in Arabia, ADA (Arriyadh Development Authority) has planned the development of an extensive Metro system, serving the city of Riyadh with 6 Metro lines. The package Rm³ of Riyadh Metro project comprises lines 4, 5 and 6. FAST consortium has been awarded for the design and construction of the package Rm³. TYPSA is part of FAST consortium since the Tender stage and it is in charge of the detailed design of Line 5. In this article the authors explain the key project topics and current construction stage of the line 5, designed entirely by TYPSA. Line 5 is a totally underground line, with a first section in Cut&Cover Tunnel and the main part of the line in TBM tunnel, with a single tube section of 8,70m inner diameter. 12 Deep Underground Stations are spread along the line, that runs under one of the busiest Riyadh streets, King Abdulaziz Road. |
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| Keywords: |
Metro Riyadh TBM tunnel Deep Underground Station TYPSA
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