Bahrain’s Transport and Telecommunications Minister, Mohammed Al Kaabi, has said that evaluation of the prequalification bids submitted by top infrastructure majors for Bahrain Metro Phase One project will conclude by the end of July.
According to a report by Akhbar Al Khaleej, Al Kaabi said that the Bahrain Metro is being implemented in four phases with the first comprising two lines running 29km-long, covering 20 stations. He added that a technical team is currently studying bids for Phase One, which is set to conclude by the month end.
The project represents the first phase of the Bahrain government’s plan to develop a 109km rail based urban transit network, which will consist of an elevated corridor with two lines having an estimated length of 28.6km, 20 stations and two interchanges.
The report added that a total of 11 leading global infrastructure majors – including French mobility giant Alstom, Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Indian construction conglomerate Larsen and Toubro (L&T) are in the race for Phase One of the Bahrain Metro System.