(31/03/2014)  The contract, awarded by Qatar Railways Company for an amount of 506 million euro, has an execution period of 31 months. In the bidding process, the FCC-led consortium competed with groups from Korea, Germany, Italy and India, among other countries.

The contract includes building three elevated stations (Barwa Village, Al Wakrah and Qatar Economic Zone) and a 6.97-kilometre section, plus tunnelizing the road at the entrance to Al Wakrah.

The total budget for the Doha Metro project exceeds 20 billion euro. The awarding of this new metro contract comes just six months after FCC obtained the largest international contract in its history: the construction of three lines of the Riyadh Metro for over 6 billion euro. (See piece of news)