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Bahrain Metro - Driverless Transit System

Bahrain Metro is a driverless transit system; its 1st phase covers 20 elevated stations in the Kingdom.


1st phase of Bahrain Metro is of 109km rail transit network with two lines i.e., 29 km with 20 stations and 109km after completion. The Bahrain Metro Project was announced by Bahrain’s Transportation and Telecommunication Minister Mohammad Al Kaabi. The contract period is 35 years and will be operational in 2025. The estimated cost for this project was $2 Billion. Bahrain Metro comprises four lines with two phases; phase one is for Red & Blue. The expected ridership of the mentioned project is 43,000 an hour & 200,000 per day at completion. The projected population of Bahrain is 1.6 Million to 2.1 Million by 2032 (forecasted by the government). The track will be linked to the 2177 km GCC Railway Network via the King Hamad International terminal in Al Ramli. The planned interchange is Bab al Bahrain, Al Farooq Junction.

Line # 1, the Red line, will be an operational line starting from Bahrain International Airport and ending at Seef Mall via Airport Avenue and the King Faisal Highway. It comprises of total 9 stations and 13km long.

Line # 2, which is the Blue line, will be the operational line starting from Juffair to Isa town, running at a length of 15.6 km with 11 stations (diplomatic area, Bab al Bahrain, salmaniya, zinj, tubli, salmbad and end of the educational area in Isa town)

The project was unveiled in 2009, and many bidders contributed to the project, but seven of them qualified, i.e.,

1.    China Harbour Engineering Company Limited:

Website: http://www.chec.bj.cn

Address: NO.9 CHNXIU ROAD, DONDHIMENWAI, BEIJING, CHINA

Email: ipic@cccme.org.cn

Contact: 010-56539120

2.    China Railway Construction Corporation International Limited:

Address: NO. 40, Fuxing Road, Beijing 100855 P.R China

Email: webmaster@crcc.cn

Contact No: 8610--68217382

3.    China Railway Group Limited:

Website: www.crcc.cn

Address: China Railway Plaza, No. 69 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R. China

Contact: 010-51845225, 010-51841757

4.    Hitachi Rail STS (Italy):

Contact: 44 203 904 4000

Address: 7th floor 60 Ludgate Hill London EC4M 7AW

Email: rail.enquiries@hitachirail.com

Website: https://www.hitachirail.com

5.    WeBuild (Italy):

Website://https://www.webuildgroup.com

Email : info@webuildgroup.com

Contact  : 39 06 67761 , 39 06 677726288 , 39 06 417661 , 39 06 6776 26720 , 39 02 444 22111 , 3902 444 22293

Address : Centro Direzionale Milanofiori Starda 6- Palazzo L-20089 )

6.    Five Capital (French):

Website: http://www.fivecap.com

Address: Level 14, Central Park Towers, DIFC, Dubai AE

Email: info@fivecap.com

Contact: 352 46 26 85 611

7.    Alstom Transport (French):

Contact: 33 01 57 06 90 00

Address: 48,RUE Dhalenne 93400 Saint -Ouen ,FRANCE

Website: http://www.alstom.com

Email: info@alstom.com

8.    Larsen (India):

Email: infodesk@larsentoubro.com

Website: http://www.larsentoubro.com

Contact NO.91 22 6752 5899, 1800 209 4545

Address: Larsen & Toubro Ltd CIN -L99999MH1946C004768, N.M Marg, Ballard Estate Mumbai Maharashtra 400 001 INDIA

9.    Toubro Limited (India):

Website: http://www.larsentoubro.com

Email: infodesk@larsentoubro.com

Contact No. 91 22 6752 5899, 1800 209 4545

Address: Larsen & Toubro Ltd CIN-L99999MH1946C004768 N.M Marg Ballard Estate Mumbai Maharashtra 400 001 INDIA

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