| From Sfgate.com: Qatar, the host the 2022 World Cup, plans to complete the passenger line of a $25 billion nationwide rail and metro network in time for the tournament, the project's manager said. Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co., a unit of the country's sovereign wealth fund, and German state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG last year announced that they formed Qatar Railways Development Co. to build the network in three phases by 2026.
Only a 70 kilometer (44 mile) freight line linking Doha to the oil fields in the west of the Persian Gulf country won't be completed until after the sporting event is over, Sultan Bakhit al Enazi, railway project manager for Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co., said..........................................Full Article: Source
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