TRAIN
STATION ROAD
طريق محطة القطار · المنشية
A street made for
everyday activity.
Railway Street runs through Al Manshiyah, the old quarter by AlUla’s Hejaz railway. The proposal turns a quiet stretch of it into a place to play and stay: two padel courts behind steel mesh, a bike hub and café around a shaded palm courtyard, and a restaurant and padel shop in a two-storey building that takes its earth-red plaster, carved screens and tower from the heritage houses along the street.
All studies, design development, technical drawings and the BOQ (bills of quantities) for this project were prepared by Mohamed Bider for AMSY Group — from the street survey to the day and night visualisations.
- Street survey
- Studies & analysis
- Design development
- Technical drawings
- BOQ — bills of quantities
- Day & night visualisation
Of street, surveyed on foot in August 2023.
Padel courts with glass back walls and floodlights.
Uses on one plot: courts, café, bike hub and restaurant.
Every view studied in daylight and after dark.
Railway Street,
Al Manshiyah.
The street runs north–south through Al Manshiyah in AlUla. The red line is the street as surveyed: its route comes from OpenStreetMap and matches the GPS of the August 2023 survey photographs to within a few metres.
- 1Train Station Road — project street
- 2Survey start (GPS)
- 3Survey end (GPS)
- 400 m walking radius
- Street
- Railway Street, Al Manshiyah
- Length
- ≈ 985 m
- Survey
- 15 August 2023, GPS-tagged street photographs
The street today.
The August 2023 survey walked the whole street: wide asphalt, narrow pavements, empty plots, power lines and a few red-plastered heritage façades — and the cliffs at the end of every view.
Studies.
The plot and the street studied as a plan, a section across the road, the furniture kit and the sun. Select a study.
Materials
& colours.
Blue court turf and black steel mesh for play; earth-red and white lime plaster, carved white screens and sandstone paving from the street’s heritage houses; hardwood decks, palms and warm light for the evenings.
By day.
The courts face the heritage-style building; the café and bike hub open onto the palm courtyard and the street.
After dark.
Floodlit courts, a glowing terrace and lit screens — the street comes alive in the cool of the evening.
Design and delivery: AMSY Group. Sources: Train Station Road refined day and night visualisations; street survey 15 August 2023. Refined visualisations communicate design intent and do not document completed construction.
All studies, design development, technical drawings and the BOQ (bills of quantities) for this project were prepared by Mohamed Bider for AMSY Group — from the street survey to the day and night visualisations.