On 06.10.2015 FAST, the FCC-led consortium made up of Samsung, Alstom, Strukton, Freyssinet Saudi Arabia, Typsa, Atkins and Setec, finished drilling the first tunnel section of line 5 (green line) of the Riyadh Metro. The metro TBM, "San'ah", reached the Salah Al-Din station, completing the excavation of a 1.2 km section of a total of 5 km long tunnel.

The"San'ah" drilling works, which began on 30 June 2015 at the new central office for the Ministry of Education, will continue on the north section of line 5 (green line) until they reach Riyadh Airbase Roundabout. There they will be met with the TBM "Dhafrah", the first machine to start drilling works on the Riyadh Metro project, which will be used to finish the 12.9 km tunnel of line 5. Click here and sa/13 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://riyadh-metro.com/ and http://www.fcc.es/  41/15.