Saudi Transport General Authority announced that public transport usage across the Kingdom recorded a remarkable growth in 2025, reaching 420.6 million passengers, according to Arab News.
This represents a 129% increase compared to 183.3 million passengers in 2019.
The current success coincided with the World Public Transport Day on April 17, reflecting rapid expansion of the Kingdom’s public transport sector and its increasing contribution to promoting quality of life, reducing traffic congestion as well as lowering carbon emissions.
Moreover, the authority recorded a 61% increase in passenger numbers between 2024 and 2025. Meanwhile, the first quarter of 2026 has witnessed a 20% rise compared to the same period last year.
This rise has been underpinned by the remarkable expansion of city bus services, which now operate across 17 cities and governorates, compared to just four in 2019.
To further boost operational efficiency and improve connectivity, this network is also supported by modern, technology-enabled fleets.
The authority said that taxi trips across the Kingdom surpassed 377 million between 2019 and 2025, marking a 15% increase.
At the same time, ride-hailing applications saw even stronger growth, recording over 548 million trips, marking an increase of 64%.
As for automated rail systems, they also recorded robust performance in 2025, with the King Abdulaziz International Airport train in Jeddah carrying more than 34 million passengers.
The Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University train in Riyadh also served more than 3 million passengers.
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