(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha:Qatar Rail has celebrated a major milestone with the completion of all viaducts across the Elevated sections of Doha Metro Project.
On Sunday, H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti, Minister of Transport and Communications and Vice Chairman of Rail Steering Committee, Eng Abdulla Abdulaziz Al Subaie, Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Qatar Rail, Dr Eng Saad Ahmed Al Muhannadi, Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Rail, as well as Project Directors and employees gathered at the ending point of the northern section of the Red Line Elevated and at Grade, where this milestone was achieved to mark the occasion.
In his remarks, the Minister said: 'Transportation projects have made significant strides and achievements under the wise leadership of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and follow-up and supervision of the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.
The construction of viaducts included the northern and southern sections of the Red Line and a section of the Green Line. The installation of the final segment of the viaducts was celebrated near the Doha Golf Club.
Work on Doha Metro's viaducts started in August, 2015. Since then a total of 8.7km of viaducts have been completed, made up of 2,293 segments. Lifting the segments were a total of five launching girders. Massive pieces of state-of-the-art equipment, the launching girders generally span around 80m in length with a total weight of about 381 tonnes of steel. All this was achieved with minimum disruption to traffic.
Speaking on the occasion, Qatar Rail's Managing Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Eng Abdulla Abdulaziz Al Subaie said, 'The viaduct completion is key, as its lines connect to significant landmarks such as Al Rayyan Stadium, Lusail Stadium, and Al Wakra City, as well as Qatar University and Lusail City in the west. In addition, it provides what will be important links between Doha,The Mall of Qatar, and Al Riffa area. It is worth mentioning that the overall completion of Doha Metro now currently stands at 51 percent .
Dr Eng Saad Ahmed Al Muhannadi, CEO of Qatar Rail, also said, 'This is an incredible feat of engineering with extremely strict control required to construct such viaducts. Great team work and expertise has been displayed and has meant that we have been able to achieve all this.
The first phase of the Doha Metro is expected to be complete in 2020, when the project's 37 metro stations are expected to be operative, with an average journey time of two minutes between adjacent stations.
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