Qatar signs up Germans for metro
Qatari capital Doha is to get state-of-the-art metro system and rail link to Bahrain.
Qatar Railways Development Company will be 49% owned by Deutsche Bahn and 51% by Qatari Diar, Qatar’s state-owned infrastructure and property development firm.
“This announcement represents the next step in the creation of this visionary Qatari project that will truly revolutionize the ease and convenience by which people travel,” said Ghanim Bin Saad al-Saad, Qatari Diar’s chief executive.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani and German transport minister Peter Ramsauer were also present when the deal was signed in Doha.
Deutsche Bahn said that it hoped to win more contracts in the Middle East following what it hoped would be a fruitful partnership with Qatar.