9 Bus Route Riyadh: The Olaya Street Line Toward the Northern Vegetable Market

9 Bus Route Riyadh: The Olaya Street Line Toward the Northern Vegetable Market

9 Bus Route Riyadh | Route 9 is the Olaya Street line, a north-south run through central Riyadh that KSA Expats lists as Transportation Center to Northern Vegetable Market.

Edarabia and Life in Saudi Arabia describe the older pattern in landmarks: Al Batha, the Chamber of Commerce, Faisaliyah Tower, Kingdom Tower and Uwais Markets before the vegetable market. The Royal Commission’s 2024 station dataset supports the northern half of that corridor, with 22 of its 36 stations grouped under Olaya and the rest under Al-Muraba, Al-Olaya, Al-Murooj and Al-Mughera Bin Shoubah.

A May 2025 official post from Riyadh Public Transport also names Route 9 as the way to reach the Transportation Center from Al Batha, which fits the southern end of the line. This guide explains the layers and points out where the sources are silent.

9 Bus Route Riyadh Details

Stations and Stop Order on the 9

The dataset does not contain stations south of Al-Muraba for this line, so the Transportation Center and Al Batha ends come from KSA Expats, Edarabia and the official May 2025 post rather than from RCRC’s station list. The stations that are in the dataset sit inside a box 11.0 km north-south by 5.2 km east-west, a long thin strip that matches a single-street corridor.

Direction 1 includes the northern Al-Murooj and Al-Mughera Bin Shoubah stations, which direction 2 does not, so the two directions do not mirror each other exactly. RCRC’s sequence numbers do not give a clean chain, so the order in the stops list is the south-to-north order taken from coordinates, with the Transportation Center and Al Batha placed at the start from the named sources.

The older landmark pattern from Edarabia runs Al Batha, Chamber of Commerce, Faisaliyah Tower, Kingdom Tower, Uwais Markets and North Vegetable Markets, and the return trip reverses it. Neither source confirms that the bus stops at each landmark’s entrance.

Fare and Payment

KSA Expats gives a 2-hour pass at SAR 4. Because Route 9 is named in the official post as the link from Al Batha to the Transportation Center, riders combining it with the Metro Blue Line can rely on a shared time-based pass, as KSA Expats describes it. Confirm the price in the Riyadh Bus app.

How to Ride the 9 Bus

1. Choose your end: the Transportation Center or an Al Batha station in the south, or an Olaya Street station if you are already mid-corridor.
2. Open the Riyadh Bus app and confirm the Route 9 direction of travel.
3. Pay with your pass or the payment option shown in the app.
4. Alight at the Olaya, Al-Olaya or Al-Muraba station nearest your destination, or ride on towards the Northern Vegetable Market.

Frequently Asked Questions About Route 9

Where does the 9 bus go?
KSA Expats lists Route 9 as Transportation Center to Northern Vegetable Market. Edarabia describes it as Public Transportation Center to North Vegetable Markets via Al Batha, Faisaliyah Tower and Kingdom Tower.

Does Route 9 go along Olaya Street?
The RCRC dataset puts 22 of the line’s 36 stations under Olaya and 3 under Al-Olaya, which points to an Olaya Street corridor. Confirm exact stops in the Riyadh Bus app.

Which landmarks does Route 9 serve?
Older Edarabia and Life in Saudi Arabia listings name the Chamber of Commerce, Faisaliyah Tower, Kingdom Tower and Uwais Markets. They do not say the bus stops at each entrance, so check the nearest station in the app.

How much does the 9 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.

How often does the 9 bus run?
Life in Saudi Arabia reported a bus every 10 minutes in January 2025, with no separate Friday interval. Check the app for the current interval, particularly on weekends.

How do I get from Al Batha to the Transportation Center?
A May 2025 official post from Riyadh Public Transport names Route 9, or the Metro Blue Line, as the way to reach the Transportation Center from Al Batha Station.

Riyadh Public Transport FAQs

How many bus routes does Riyadh have?
The Royal Commission for Riyadh City describes 80 routes: 3 BRT routes, 19 main routes and 58 feeder routes. Other sources give 86 or 87, and the count changes as the network develops.

When did Riyadh Bus start?
Riyadh Bus began operating in March 2023 under the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, which describes its main bus network as completed in December 2023.

Nearby Routes and Connections

Route 7 also starts at the Al Batha end and heads north-west; see 7 Bus Route Riyadh. For the north-south At Takhassusi corridor, see 8 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. 9 Bus Route Riyadh: The Olaya Street Line Toward the Northern Vegetable Market

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. 9 Bus Route Riyadh: The Olaya Street Line Toward the Northern Vegetable Market

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). The Al Batha to Transportation Center connection comes from Riyadh Public Transport’s post on X. Confirm all details in the Riyadh Bus app.

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