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. It runs in a half-ring from

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, and ending at Prince Saad Ibn Abdulrahman Al Awal Road. It will be mostly elevated except along Sheikh Hassan Bin Hussein Bin Ali Street. The line has 11 stations with 3 interchange stations. It was built by a consortium of

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, Strukton and TYPSA (Tecnica Y Proyectos).

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