KAFD Station (Arabic: محطة المرکز المالي) is a rapid transit station that will be serving the Yellow, Blue and Violet Lines of the Riyadh Metro as well as the under-construction KAFD monorail[1] in the al-Aqeeq neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located in the King Abdullah Financial District.[2]

KAFD

المرکز المالي
General information
LocationKing Fahd Road, King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Line(s)Blue Line
Yellow Line
Violet Line
Tracks6
Other information
StatusUnder construction
Station code13 (Blue Line)
11 (Violet Line)
11 (Yellow Line)

Description

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Covering an area of 8150 square meters, it was designed by UK-based Zaha Hadid Architects.[3] Its inspiration is drawn from mashrabiya screens and patterns generated by desert winds in sand dunes. The station includes six metro tracks.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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 complete by 2017.[4]

The project began in 2014 while the tunneling work on Line 1 started in July 2015.[5] The exterior of the station was in an unclad skeletal state by 2019.[6] In early 2024, it was reported that the station has nearly been completed.[7][8] The station achieved Gold level LEED Certification in October 2024.

References

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  1. ^ International2014-10-04T06:00:00+01:00, Metro Report. "King Abdullah Financial District monorail revealed". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 2024-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Zaha Hadid's King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Riyadh to Open in 2025 - GQ Middle East". www.gqmiddleeast.com. 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  3. ^ Emre, Muaz (2023-01-12). "KAFD metro station designed by Zaha Hadid Architects". Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  4. ^ "King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station by Zaha Hadid". Dezeen. 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  5. ^ "Look: Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Metro project first lines set to open in mid-2021". gulfnews.com. 2021-04-04. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  6. ^ "بالصور.. ظهور معالم محطة قطار مركز الملك عبدالله المالي شمال الرياض". أرقام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  7. ^ Gillett, Katy. "Travel Unpacked: Riyadh metro nears completion, plus Dubai's first vegan-friendly rooms". The National. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
  8. ^ Bradford, Amy (2024-01-26). "Zaha Hadid Buildings: The King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Opens in 2025". AD Middle East. Retrieved 2024-08-27.