Doha Metro | Qatar Qatar, o?cially the State of Qatar, is a sovereign Arab emirate occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. It has a population of almost 2.1 million people. With huge natural gas and oil reserves, Qatar was named the richest country by Forbes magazine in 2012. Challenge Qatar needed to upgrade its infrastructure in order to attract businesses to the region and prepare for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The country had a modern highway system, but no rail network. Qatar approved construction of the Qatar Integrated Railway Project, encompassing four metro lines, a people-mover system, light rail, high-speed rail and mixed-tra?c lines. The broad goals of the Qatar Rail Development Program are to deliver a world class, envi

Join for free to read