Red Line (Doha Metro)
Red Line | |||
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File:DohaMetroRedLine2019.jpg | |||
Overview | |||
Other name(s) | Coastal Line | ||
Native name | الخط الأحمر | ||
Service | |||
Rolling stock | Mitsubishi Corporation and Kinki Sharyo | ||
Technical | |||
Line length | 40 km (25 mi) | ||
Character | Underground,Elevated,At-Grade | ||
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The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the Doha Metro. It runs north-south through Doha and its southern terminus of Al Wakrah and its northern terminus of Lusail, with a spur serving Hamad International Airport.[1] It is the first line of the system, with the first segment opened on 8 May 2019.[2]
Operation
At first, the line was only open from 8am to 11pm Sunday-Thursday.[3] Later, it also added weekend hours - 2pm-11pm Friday and 6am-11pm Saturday, and changed the timings from 6am-11pm during weekdays.[4]
Stations
Italics denote a station that has not opened yet.
Station name | Transfers | Opening date | |||||||
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English | Arabic | ||||||||
Lusail | لوسيل | Lusail LRT | 10 December 2019[5] | ||||||
Qatar University | جامعة قطر | ||||||||
Legtaifiya | لقطيفية | Lusail LRT | 2020[6] | ||||||
Katara | كتارا | 10 December 2019[5] | |||||||
Al Qassar | القصار | 8 May 2019 | |||||||
DECC | مركز المعارض | ||||||||
West Bay | الخليج الغربي | ||||||||
Corniche | الكورنيش | ||||||||
Al Bidda | البدع | ||||||||
Msheireb | مشيرب | ||||||||
Al Doha Al Jadeda | الدوحة الجديدة | ||||||||
Umm Ghawailina | أم غويلينة | ||||||||
Al Matar Al Qadeem | الدوحة الجديدة | ||||||||
Oqba Ibn Nafie | عقبة بن نافع | ||||||||
Hamad International Airport T1 | مطار حمد الدولي مبنى 1 | 10 December 2019[5] | |||||||
Free Zone | المنطقة الحرة | MetroLink Bus | 8 May 2019 | ||||||
Ras Bu Fontas | راس بو فنطاس | MetroLink Bus | |||||||
Al Wakra | الوكرة | MetroLink Bus |
References
- ^ "Network Information". www.qr.com.qa. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ "Qatar rolls out first-ever 'landmark' metro for public". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ "Quick guide to Doha Metro". Time Out Doha. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ "Weekend openings". www.qr.com.qa. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ a b c Joey Aguilar (10 December 2019). "Doha Metro launches Green Line, adds four Red Line stations". The Gulf Times. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ "Our full network has launched!". www.qr.com.qa. Retrieved 2019-12-11.