General Information
| Other name(s): | King Abdullah Financial District Station |
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| Beginning of works: | 2014 |
| Completion: | 1 December 2024 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Underground structure |
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| Function / usage: |
Below grade metro or light-rail station |
| Certification(s): |
for registered users |
| Function / usage: |
Elevated metro or light rail station |
Location
| Location: |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
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| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 24° 46' 2.88" N 46° 38' 35.02" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| number of tracks | 6 | |
| track gauge | 1 435 mm |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
KAFD Station (Arabic: محطة المرکز المالي) is a rapid transit station that serves the Yellow, Blue and Violet Lines of the Riyadh Metro as well as the under-construction KAFD monorail in the al-Aqeeq neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in the King Abdullah Financial District.
Description
Covering an area of 8150 square meters, it was designed by UK-based Zaha Hadid Architects. Its inspiration is drawn from mashrabiya screens and patterns generated by desert winds in sand dunes. The station includes six metro tracks.
KAFD succeeds Dr Sulaiman Al Habib and precedes Al Murooj on the Blue Line while preceding Ar Rabi interchange station on Yellow and Violet Lines.
In 2013, Zaha Hadid Architects won the competition held by the Royal Commission for Riyadh City for designing the KAFD metro station, which was then slated to completed by 2017.
The project began in 2014 while the tunneling work on Line 1 started in July 2015. The exterior of the station was in an unclad skeletal state by 2019. In early 2024, it was reported that the station had nearly been completed. The station achieved Gold level LEED Certification in October 2024.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "KAFD (Riyadh Metro)" and modified on December 11, 2024 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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10/12/2024
