17 Bus Route Riyadh: The Al Kharj Corridor to New Industrial City

17 Bus Route Riyadh: The Al Kharj Corridor to New Industrial City

Route 17 is the employment-corridor line in this batch, running south-east from the Al Batha area along the Al Kharj corridor towards New Industrial City.

Edarabia and Life in Saudi Arabia describe the older pattern as Al Batha to Industrial City, with stops named Riyadh Water Tower, Al-Kharj, Yamama Saudi Cement Factory, Convalescent Hospital and Saudi Cables, and a return that mentions Kharj Housing and Ibn Sulaiman Commercial Center. The Royal Commission’s 2024 dataset is simpler: 42 stations, 32 of them in an Al Kharj group and 6 in a New Industrial City group.

KSA Expats’ January 2025 list does not include Route 17, though it lists Al Kharj Terminal to New Industrial City routes numbered 965 and 966. Treat Route 17’s current service as unverified and confirm it in the Riyadh Bus app.

Route 17 Details

Stations and Stop Order on the 17

Route 17’s dataset is dominated by one group: 32 of its 42 stations are under Al Kharj, and every shelter on the line is either a feeder pole or an open shelter, with no air-conditioned shelters at all. The coordinates fall within a box 16.5 km east-west by 10.8 km north-south, so the line stretches out from the city centre towards the south-east.

Abi Ayoub Ansari and Ammar Bin Yasir each appear in only one direction, which suggests the two directions use different streets near the centre. RCRC’s sequence numbers do not form a clean chain, so the order shown starts from Al Batha, which the named sources give as the origin, and follows the coordinates outward.

The older stop names from Edarabia, including Yamama Saudi Cement Factory and Saudi Cables, are useful as a mental map of the industrial corridor, but the dataset does not list them, so confirm them in the app before treating them as bus stops.

Fare and Payment

KSA Expats gives a 2-hour pass at SAR 4, a time-based pass rather than a distance-based one, which matters on a long corridor like this. Life in Saudi Arabia’s older listing shows a bus every 10 minutes on weekdays and every 14 minutes on Fridays. Confirm the current price and interval in the Riyadh Bus app.

How to Ride the 17 Bus

1. Start at an Al Batha station, or at an Al Kharj station if you are already on the corridor.
2. Open the Riyadh Bus app and check that Route 17 is listed as running, given it is missing from KSA Expats’ January 2025 list.
3. Pay with your pass or the payment option shown in the app.
4. Alight at the Al Kharj station nearest your workplace, or ride to the New Industrial City stations at the far end.

Frequently Asked Questions About Route 17

Where does the 17 bus go?
Older sources describe Al Batha to Industrial City along the Al Kharj corridor. The RCRC dataset lists stations in Al Kharj and New Industrial City groups, with two central streets in one direction each.

Is Route 17 still running?
Unverified. Life in Saudi Arabia lists it in January 2025, but KSA Expats’ January 2025 list of operating routes does not. Check the Riyadh Bus app for the current status.

Is Industrial City the same as New Industrial City?
The older guides say Industrial City and the RCRC dataset says New Industrial City. The sources do not say whether these are the same stop, so check the destination shown in the app.

How many stations does Route 17 have?
The RCRC dataset lists 42: 22 in direction 1 and 20 in direction 2. The dataset describes the network as planned once fully developed, so some may not be open.

How often does the 17 bus run?
Life in Saudi Arabia reported a bus every 10 minutes on weekdays and every 14 minutes on Fridays in January 2025. Check the Riyadh Bus app for the current interval.

How much does the 17 bus cost?
KSA Expats lists a 2-hour pass at SAR 4 as of January 2025. Confirm the current fare in the Riyadh Bus app before you travel.

Riyadh Public Transport FAQs

Who operates Riyadh Bus?
The network runs under the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, whose official site is riyadhbus.sa. The sources reviewed do not publish operator details for individual routes, so check the Riyadh Bus app if you need them.

Are there other routes to New Industrial City?
KSA Expats’ January 2025 list names Routes 965 and 966 as Al Kharj Terminal to New Industrial City. They are not covered in this batch, so confirm details in the app.

Nearby Routes and Connections

17 Bus Route Riyadh: The Al Kharj Corridor to New Industrial City | For the other line that starts at Al Batha and runs west rather than south-east, see 16 Bus Route Riyadh, and for the Al Batha to north-east line see 10 Bus Route Riyadh. See the Riyadh bus routes hub for the full list. For live service details, check the Riyadh Bus official website or the Riyadh Bus app. 17 Bus Route Riyadh: The Al Kharj Corridor to New Industrial City

Comparing Gulf city networks? The Kuwait bus routes directory covers Kuwait route by route, and KuwaitBusRoute.Blogspot.com keeps a companion blog on Kuwait city buses. 17 Bus Route Riyadh: The Al Kharj Corridor to New Industrial City

Data notes: station lists from the RCRC Open Data Portal (2024 dataset describing the network as planned once fully developed); route names and older stop patterns from Edarabia, KSA Expats (January 2025) and Life in Saudi Arabia (January 2025). Route 17 is not in KSA Expats’ January 2025 list of operating routes, so current service is unverified. Confirm in the Riyadh Bus app.

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