Al Madinah Region Development Authority (MDA), Saudi Arabia in cooperation with the National Center for Privatization & PPP (NCP), has announced the list of qualified companies and consortiums eligible to participate in the Madinah Bus Rapid Network Project.

Following is the list of qualified companies and consortiums:

1- Hafil

2- Moventia

3- SAPTCO

4- Consortium Arail and ATM

5- Alsagrupo

6- ST Engineering

7- Keolis

8- Consortium Nesma and Transdev

9- Al bawani

10- Petromin

Earlier MDA stated that this initiative aims to build a partnership with the private sector based on a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Maintain (DBFOM) model, aiming to reduce cognition and increase the efficiency of public transportation in Al Madinah.

The BRT project is comprised of three corridors in Al Madinah.

The first corridor starts from Ohud to Quba Mosque with a length of 16.2 km of priority bus guideway, 12 stations and two park-and-ride facilities.

The second corridor starts from the Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport passing by the Prophet’s Mosque and continuing until it reaches the Miqat Mosque with a length of 38 km of guideway, 24 stations and 3 park-and-ride facilities.

While the third corridor starts from East Terminus of Al-Qassim road to Prince Abdul Majeed Mosque with a length of 10.4 km of priority bus guideway, 10 stations and one park-and-ride facility.

Additionally, there are feeder bus networks of 3 km loops around stations with a fleet of about 160 buses connecting passengers to the BRT and priority bus service. Finally, the circulator bus fleet consists of about 28 buses operating in defined residential zones with the primary purpose of connecting passengers from their residence to the rapid transit network. The project is expected to be the first BRT network in KSA in partnership with the private sector and the only one in Al Madinah serving the residents of the city as well as the Hajj and Umrah pilgrims.