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Global construction solutions provider Terex has secured a major deal to supply site dumpers for the Riyadh Metro project in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia’s sprawling and congested capital is in a race against time to complete its $22.5bn metro system within four years, a senior official said yesterday.

Doha Metro works are advancing as planned to achieve the target date for starting the first phase that involves three lines running by October 2019.

Contractors tasked with building the £6.3bn Doha Metro network will visit London next month in search of UK firms to help them build the mammoth 216km transit network.

The Light Rail Transport (LRT) Project in Lusail will be connected to the Doha Metro Red Line North via two main stations, Lusail Marina/the Pearl and Lusail’s main station, said Engineer Abdulla Abdulaziz Al Subaie, Managing Director, Qatar Rail.

The Light Rail Transport (LRT) Project in Lusail will be connected to the Doha Metro Red Line North via two main stations, Lusail Marina/the Pearl and Lusail's main station, said Engineer Abdulla Abdulaziz Al Subaie, Managing Director, Qatar Rail.

Doha Metro stations will be better connected to nearby developments than Dubai Metro, Qatar Rail chief technical officer has claimed. Daniel Leckel said several Dubai Metro stations were located too far away from commuters' intended destinations.

Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) has taken delivery of the first of 21 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and the machine is expected to start work in the third quarter of this year at the Al Wahda site, next to the Qatar Exhibition Centre.

QATAR Railways (QR) has awarded the ALYSJ consortium a €3.2bn contract for design and construction of the 32km underground Gold Line, one of four lines under development in the first phase of Doha's 354km metro network.

DOHA: Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail), the company which is overseeing the construction of the country’s integrated railway network, has awarded one of the largest ever single project tunnelling and rail construction insurance policies to a six-member consortium of Qatari National Insurance Companies, led by Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), with additional capacity from international reinsurers and QFC registered insurers.