
Qatar Profile | Qatar Rail
Qatar is developing its rail network at an unprecedented pace. Qatar Rail’s Hibbert explains how a country that had never seen a train just a few years ago now holds the record for the most tunnel boring machines in simultaneous operation.
I started with Qatar Rail in February 2012. As of August 2019, we have just opened the first metro line in Doha and we look forward to opening the rest of the network, 37 stations – 31 of which are underground – by November 2019.
One of the great challenges for Qatar Rail is doing a railway project in a country that has never seen a train, has no laws relating to railways, no rail safety and no experience in anything in rail. Everything you work on is like starting on a blank sheet of paper.