RSSA consortium of 4962 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Corporation; 2213 Hitachi, The Kinki Sharyo and 596 Thales has received a Letter of Conditional Acceptance from the Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) for a systems package for the Doha Metro, the first metro system to be constructed in the State of Qatar. It is said to be one of the world’s largest projects for a single metro system. Construction is scheduled for completion by October 2019.
Qatar Rail is the owner and manager of Qatar’s rail network and responsible for the design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the entire rail network and systems. Phase 1 of the Doha Metro network will be launched in 2019; it will be implemented by multiple joint ventures involving renowned local and international contractors.
The new package calls for turnkey construction of a fully automated driverless metro system. Included are 75 sets of three-car trains, platform screen doors, tracks, a railway yard and systems for signalling, power distribution, telecommunications and tunnel ventilation. The package is also expected to include maximum 20-year maintenance services for the metro system after its completion.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the leader of the consortium, will supply the power distribution system, platform screen doors, tracks and tunnel ventilation work, and will also undertake
overall project management and system integration. Mitsubishi Corporation and Kinki Sharyo will jointly provide the railway cars. Thales will supply the advanced communications based train control (CBTC) signalling, telecommunications and security, integrated Operational Control Centre and automatic fare collection systems. Hitachi will perform some project management duties and also handle facilities maintenance, including the supply of special maintenance vehicles that comprehensively inspect the safety of infrastructure such as railway tracks and electric train lines.
The metro will run through the city of Doha and will consist of four lines in two phases, covering a total distance of 241 kilometres with 106 stations, of which 123 kilometres will be constructed underground. The new metro system will connect the main areas of Doha, including the Hamad International Airport which opened in April 2014, the Old City, and newly developing inner city areas such as West Bay and Lusail.
"The Doha Metro ongoing works are being done according to our timeline that we set at the beginning of the project,” Qatar Rail's CEO Saad Ahmed Al Muhannadi said. “In 2013 and 2014, we signed many agreements that reached a remarkable value promising to deliver the best standards of metro railway in the near future. Today, with the five-member Japan
Consortium led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, we look forward to add more value to our project knowing the international expertise of the Japanese fellows and provide Doha with a fully secure and automated driverless metro system.”
Qatar Rail is the owner and manager of Qatar’s rail network and responsible for the design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the entire rail network and systems. Phase 1 of the Doha Metro network will be launched in 2019; it will be implemented by multiple joint ventures involving renowned local and international contractors.
The new package calls for turnkey construction of a fully automated driverless metro system. Included are 75 sets of three-car trains, platform screen doors, tracks, a railway yard and systems for signalling, power distribution, telecommunications and tunnel ventilation. The package is also expected to include maximum 20-year maintenance services for the metro system after its completion.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the leader of the consortium, will supply the power distribution system, platform screen doors, tracks and tunnel ventilation work, and will also undertake
overall project management and system integration. Mitsubishi Corporation and Kinki Sharyo will jointly provide the railway cars. Thales will supply the advanced communications based train control (CBTC) signalling, telecommunications and security, integrated Operational Control Centre and automatic fare collection systems. Hitachi will perform some project management duties and also handle facilities maintenance, including the supply of special maintenance vehicles that comprehensively inspect the safety of infrastructure such as railway tracks and electric train lines.
The metro will run through the city of Doha and will consist of four lines in two phases, covering a total distance of 241 kilometres with 106 stations, of which 123 kilometres will be constructed underground. The new metro system will connect the main areas of Doha, including the Hamad International Airport which opened in April 2014, the Old City, and newly developing inner city areas such as West Bay and Lusail.
"The Doha Metro ongoing works are being done according to our timeline that we set at the beginning of the project,” Qatar Rail's CEO Saad Ahmed Al Muhannadi said. “In 2013 and 2014, we signed many agreements that reached a remarkable value promising to deliver the best standards of metro railway in the near future. Today, with the five-member Japan
Consortium led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, we look forward to add more value to our project knowing the international expertise of the Japanese fellows and provide Doha with a fully secure and automated driverless metro system.”
