Al Bat'ha
The commercial heart of Al Bat’ha, a deep tunnel station on the Blue Line one stop from two interchanges.
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Station type
Step-free access
About Al Bat'ha
Few districts in Riyadh are as crowded or as busy as Al Bat'ha, and its station — Line 1 (Blue) only, deep tunnel — sits right in the middle of it. This is an old commercial quarter built on retail, wholesale and small services, and a larger share of the people who work and shop here rely on public transport than almost anywhere else in the city. It shows: this is one of the busiest stations on the Blue Line in the evenings and at weekends. It lies between National Museum and Qasr Al Hokm, which puts it one stop from two different interchanges — Line 5 (Green) at the first, Line 3 (Orange) at the second — and makes it one of the easiest points in the centre to reach from almost anywhere on the network. The name is written Al Bat'ha on the signs, apostrophe included, and the station sits directly beneath the district's main commercial run rather than off at its edge.
It sits between National Museum and Qasr Al Hokm on Line 1.
It is a deep underground station and runs to the network hours: 5:30 am to midnight Saturday to Thursday, and from 10:00 am on Friday. The SAR 4 two-hour ticket covers the metro and the buses. Below you will find the station on the map, journey times, interchanges and facilities.
Where is Al Bat'ha?
Al Bat’ha · Deep Underground station on Line 1. Coordinates: 24.6379°N, 46.7152°E.
Nearby: places and services
A few minutes’ walk from Al Bat’ha, you will find the following places and services.
Other stations on Line 1
Line 1 · SAB Bank ↔ Ad Dar Al Baida
Services and accessibility
Like every Riyadh Metro station, this one has ticket vending machines, darb card gates, lifts, tactile guide paths for visually impaired passengers and signage in Arabic and English. Here is what you can normally expect to find.
Interchanges and connections
Line 1 (Blue). Direct trains run towards SAB Bank and in the opposite direction towards Ad Dar Al Baida. The adjacent stations are National Museum and Qasr Al Hokm.
Buses. The darb system covers the metro and the buses on one ticket, and bus routes and bus rapid transit (BRT) services run around Al Bat’ha. You do not need a separate ticket to switch between metro and bus while your ticket is still valid.
Taxis and ride-hailing. Taxis and ride-hailing apps (Uber, Careem) are available at the station entrances for short trips beyond the network.
Tickets. Buy your ticket from a ticket vending machine in the station or in the darb app, or tap your darb card straight on the gate. Full details on the tickets and fares page and the darb card page.
Plan your journey from Al Bat'ha
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🛤 Open the route calculatorPopular journey times from Al Bat'ha
| Destination | Estimated time | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| KAFD | 26 min | Direct |
| stc | 17 min | Direct |
| Qasr Al Hokm | 2 min | Direct |
| National Museum | 1 min | Direct |
| Airport T1-2 | 71 min | 1 change |
| King Saud University | 29 min | 1 change |
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