[1] On 4 November 2013 the Saudi cabinet announced that a metro would be built in Madinah within eight years.
[2] A committee for the project was to be chaired by the Governor of Medina, Prince Faisal bin Salman.
[2] In March 2015 the Madinah Metro Development Authority (MMDA) awarded French companies Systra (consortium leader) and Egis Group a 12-month contract to carry out feasibility studies and produce preliminary design for the metro.
[1] The network is to be built in two phases for opening in 2020s.
[1] Total route length of 95 km.