Doha Metro Project has completed 100km of tunnelling and 41 percent of the whole project, Qatar Rail said in a statement on Wednesday.
With this, 90 percent of tunnelling has been completed and 11km more are required to finalise underground developments with the longest line, the Red Line, expected to be completed in the near future.
Qatar Rail expects to shift from construction into the installation of tracks, power supply and signalling by the end of the year. Final architectural touches of the stations will also start soon.
Engineer Saad Al Muhannadi, Qatar Rail CEO, Samuel Adair McChesney, Project Director for the Gold Line, and other senior managers and members of the Qatar Rail team were present at Al Waab Station on the Gold Line to mark the completion of the 100km of tunnelling.
Workers involved in achieving the milestone also gathered to mark the accomplishment.
“I would also like to take the opportunity to thank all those involved in the completion of tunnelling on the Gold Line, which was achieved through nearly 27 million safe man-hours,” Al Muhannadi said.
“While we strive to deliver our project on time and to schedule, we always aim to do so with the highest levels of occupational health and safety, to help safeguard our employees, partners and the wider public.”
Earlier this month, Qatar Railways Company terminated the contract to build the stations of the Doha Metro project and appointed Consolidated Contractors (CCC) to continue with the project.
The contract involved the $1.4 billion construction contract of Msheireb and Education City stations on the Doha Metro, which was first announced in June 2013 and is part of the $36 billion Doha Metro project.
The project will include four rail lines and an underground section in the centre of the capital Doha and will link stadiums for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament to be held in the Gulf state.
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