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What is the contract value of Lusail Tram?

The Lusail Tram is the light rail network of Lusail City in Qatar, built under a turnkey contract awarded to the consortium of QDVC (51 percent Qatari Diar, 49 percent Vinci Construction Grands Projets) and Alstom and signed in Paris on 23 June 2014, covering 25 stations and a depot, 35 catenary-free Citadis trams, track, power and control systems for a four-line network of 33 km with 7 km underground and 37 stops. Initial service began on 1 January 2022, the Orange and Pink Lines fully opened on 8 April 2024 and the Turquoise Line on 6 January 2025, while the Purple Line remains under construction; MEED reported the contract at USD 2.7 billion and Railway Gazette at EUR 2 billion.

Contract value

$2.7 billion

Cost basis: 2014

Crescent Junction Tram Station in Lusail, Qatar.
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Contract value2014
railwaygazette.com

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Opened or launched

railwaygazette.com

1 January 2022

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