QATAR’s minister of transport, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla bin Mohammed al-Thani, officially inaugurated the Turquoise Line of the growing Lusail light rail network on January 6.
The line runs from Lusail QNB, an interchange with the Doha metro Red Line, east via a new station at Grand Masjed, which is yet to open, and joins the existing Orange Line to operate anti-clockwise on the uni-directional single-track loop that serves nine stops in Lusail city centre. The line returns to Lusail QNB via Grand Masjed. Qatar Rail has confirmed that an announcement is due soon on the opening date of Grand Masjed.
The addition of the Turquoise Line extends the Lusail light rail network to 19km, serving 25 stations across four lines. The extended Orange Line and the Pink Line opened in April 2024, following the initial 7km section of the Orange Line in early 2022.
The network is operated with a fleet of 28 five-section Alstom Citadis LRVs. The at-grade sections are entirely catenary-free, with LRVs drawing power from Alstom’s track-mounted APS system.
RKH Qitarat, a joint venture of RATP Dev, Keolis and Hamad Group, operates and maintains the Lusail Tram network as well as the Doha metro under a contract signed with Qatar Rail in 2017.
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