Saudi Arabia’s Transport General Authority (TGA) revealed that more than 30.6 million passengers used public bus services across cities and governorates in the Kingdom during the first quarter of 2026, according to the Saudi Gazette.
The TGA’s quarterly statistical bulletin unveiled that passenger traffic on public bus services across the Kingdom showed notable variation by city, as detailed below.
| City / Region | Number of Passengers (Q1 2026) |
|---|---|
| Riyadh | 19,550,000+ |
| Makkah | 4,870,000 |
| Madinah | 3,400,000 |
| Jeddah | 1,250,000 |
| Dammam & Qatif | 840,000 |
| Qassim | 259,000 |
| Taif | 180,000 |
| Al-Ahsa | 134,000 |
| Jazan | 118,000 |
The bulletin also indicated that over 936,000 passengers used intercity bus services across cities and governorates in the Kingdom during the first quarter of 2026.
Meanwhile, the total number of intercity trips operated in the same period exceeded 43,000 across all the Kingdom’s regions.
Crucially, these figures stand as a testament to authority’s ongoing efforts to develop urban bus transport services, boost operational efficiency, and broaden network coverage to include a wider range of districts and key destinations.
All these steps seek mainly to promote the quality of life and advance the goals of the National Transport and Logistics Strategy and the Saudi Vision 2030.
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