TUNNEL boring machine (TBM) Al Mayeda, which started tunnelling at Al Corniche station on the Red Line of the Doha metro in November 2014, bored through into Msheireb station on June 11.
TUNNELLING has been completed on the Lusail light rail project while nearly 20km of the 113km of tunnels required for the Doha metro have been bored, Qatar Rail announced in Doha on April 21.
QATAR Railways, which is responsible for the construction of Doha's 354km four-line metro, has awarded a €506m contract to a consortium led by FCC, Spain, to build a section of the Red Line.
QATAR Railways Company (QRC) signed five contracts worth a total of Riyals 1.48bn ($US 406.6m) on August 12 for preliminary works and project management on Phase 1a of the Doha Metro.
As part of its Vision 2030 scheme, Qatar is embarking on a hugely ambitious railway construction programme ahead of a bid for the 2020 Olympics and the Soccer World Cup which it will host in 2022. Kevin Smith examines the four railway undertakings that make up the Qatar Integrated Railway Project.