The road interchanges with the northern terminus of the Doha metro Crimson Line.
QATAR’s minister of transport, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla bin Mohammed al-Thani, formally inaugurated the Turquoise Line of the rising Lusail mild rail community on January 6.
The road runs from Lusail QNB, an interchange with the Doha metro Crimson Line, east through a brand new station at Grand Masjed, which is but to open, and joins the prevailing Orange Line to function anti-clockwise on the uni-directional single-track loop that serves 9 stops in Lusail metropolis centre. The road returns to Lusail QNB through Grand Masjed. Qatar Rail has confirmed that an announcement is due quickly on the opening date of Grand Masjed.
The addition of the Turquoise Line extends the Lusail mild rail community to 19km, serving 25 stations throughout 4 strains. The prolonged Orange Line and the Pink Line opened in April 2024, following the preliminary 7km part of the Orange Line in early 2022.
The community is operated with a fleet of 28 five-section Alstom Citadis LRVs. The at-grade sections are totally catenary-free, with LRVs drawing energy from Alstom’s track-mounted APS system.
RKH Qitarat, a three way partnership of RATP Dev, Keolis and Hamad Group, operates and maintains the Lusail Tram community in addition to the Doha metro below a contract signed with Qatar Rail in 2017.
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