The Royal Commission for Riyadh City announced the start of the second stage of the Riyadh Bus service, part of the King Abdulaziz Project for Riyadh Public Transport on the 19 June 2023.

The second stage includes the launch of an additional 223 buses serving the vast Riyadh city neighborhoods, providing access to 500 bus stations and stops covering 9 extra routes, including the extension of Line 11, dedicated bus lane service, as part of the overall 86 bus network routes. With the addition of Stage 2, the overall network expansion encompasses 560 buses serving over 1100 bus stations and stops and a total of 24 routes; that to date witnessed 180,000 trips with over 2 million passengers.

The Riyadh Bus expansion will cover 1120 kilometres out of 1900 kilometres of the total Riyadh Bus network, with subsequent stages to follow within the five-stage launch plan to introduce more buses, stations, and routes.

The service will ease mobility and facilitate people’s transportation across the city, by helping reduce the daily private vehicle travel and increase public transportation usage for residents and visitors alike.

In line with the sustainability strategy for the city and driven by the need to reduce pollution with a focus on positively impacting the quality of life, Riyadh Bus will help alleviate traffic congestion and reduce air pollution resulting from carbon dioxide emissions.

The integration of a public transportation network plays a significant role in the city’s development that will help boost the local economy, support logistics and transportation needs, and improve the urban environment. With the aim to reduce pollution at the same time positively impacting the quality of life for people and city of Riyadh incorporating the Quality-of-Life program, the project is a main pillar in the city’s economic and urban transformation.

With a theme that builds on “more routes, stops, and buses” the “riyadh bus” stage 2 campaign covers key announcements featuring the “riyadh bus” app enhancements and ticket offering.

The enhanced functions on the app include ‘choose your journey’ ease of selection, payment processes, and live bus tracking; that will further ease the usage of the app for the passengers helping in faster ticket purchase and seeing their routes live to select the best trip options. More tickets options have also been added as passengers can select from purchasing a 3-day, 7 day, and 30 day passes.

Riyadh Bus Stage 1 and Stage 2 Routes

Stage 1:

• Route #7 Transportation Center – King Saud University
• Route #8 Al Batha – Dallah Driving School
• Route #9 Transportation Center – Northern Vegetable Market
• Route #10 Al Batha – Khaled bin Alwaleed Road
• Route #11 Ar Rabi – Ali Ibn Abi Talib
• Route #16 Al Batha – Tuwaiq
• Route #17 Al Batha – New Industrial City
• Route #160 Al Batha – Al Masani
• Route #180 Qasr Al Hokm – Olaishah
• Route #250 As-Sulaimanyah – National Guard Hospital
• Route #342 Ar Rabi – Al Yarmouk
• Route #540 Hassan Bin Thabit – Al Khaleej
• Route #660 Transportation Center – Dirab
• Route #680 Transportation Center – Irqah
• Route #730 West Al-Uraija – Ar Rabi

Stage 2:

• Route #150 Al-Wisham – National Guard Hospital
• Route #151 Ali Ibn Abi Talib – Al-Faiha
• Route #170 Qasr Al Hokm – Al-Suwaidi Al-Gharbi
• Route #230 Al-Woroud – Ar Rabi
• Route #231 Riyadh Exhibition Center – Al Arid
• Route #341 King Saud University – Al-Andalus
• Route #350 Al Awwal Park – Al-Faiha
• Route #430 Khalid bin Alwaleed Road – Al Awwal Park
• Route #984 Laban – Daharat Laban