Doha Metro

The transport sector is one of the Middle East and North Africa’s biggest investment magnets, as governments and their private partners start to turn the region’s often antiquated and under-developed maritime, rail, road and air infrastructure into world-class assets, writes Ian Lewis…
The ambitious nature of these plans is demonstrated in the ports segment, where more [...]

Across the GCC of late, states have been gearing up to match supply with demand in the energy sector. Long-term growth predictions, mega-projects and housing shortages have all contributed to the need for the region’s flagship cities to work together to overcome concerns raised by power supply.
In Doha, it is no different. As skyscrapers continue [...]

Thanks to its strong fiscal reserves, continued flow of revenue from gas exports and the financial sector’s relatively low levels of exposure to the markets in the US or Europe, Qatar is better placed than most of its neighbours to weather the current economic downturn.
According to the IMF’s latest projections, issued in early May, the [...]

By Dania Saadi, Reuters

DUBAI — Bombardier Inc. is eyeing 4-billion euros (US$5.44-billion) worth of rail contracts over the next five years in the Gulf Arab region, where public spending is rising to lift shrinking economies, a company executive said.
 
Bombardier, the world’s No. 1 passenger train maker, is keen to take part in about 1-billion euros [...]

Doha - Opinion is divided in the Qatari community over whether the metro railway project is viable and can actually see the light of day.
 
A major challenge facing the proposal is Greater Doha’s geology, which can make the ambitious venture difficult to launch. This is the opinion of a prominent Qatari engineer, Yusuf Al [...]

During the 20th century the city of Doha was dependent on fishing and pearl diving to drive its economy and, when Japanese cultured pearls were discovered in the 1930s, the Qatari capital plunged into poverty. However, oil and gas was later discovered and exploration began after the Second World War.
The buildings that we see today [...]

Plans for the Doha Metro Network have been presented to the Qatar government and are currently under consideration, it was reported on Saturday.
The contract could be awarded by the end of this year, a consultant working on the project said.
The plans form one “cluster” of a wider consolidated national railway network.
The wider network is designed [...]