Section one contains two traces with a complete size of 29km and 20 stations.
BAHRAIN’s Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications (MTT) has obtained purposes from 11 bidders to prequalify for the contract to construct section one of many Bahrain metro.
MTT plans to construct a fully-automated 109km elevated metro in 4 levels, with the primary stage comprising two traces with a complete size of 29km and 20 stations, together with two interchanges. The venture shall be procured as an built-in public-private partnership (PPP) by a two-stage course of which features a prequalification interval adopted by the principle tender.
The profitable bidder will design, construct, finance, function, keep and switch the venture, with purposes obtained from:
China Harbour Engineering – Overseas BranchChina Railway GroupOrascom ConstructionAlstom TransportTaqi Mohammed Albahrana TradingHyundai Engineering & ConstructionAradous Power GenerationsLarsen & ToubroVirtue International HoldingPlenary Asia, andCRRC (Hong Kong).
The contract will run for round 35 years.
The federal government of Bahrain permitted the venture in October 2021 following market session in March 2021, which obtained a optimistic response from the non-public sector. The road is predicted to initially carry 200,000 passengers a day, with this anticipated to extend as passengers swap from non-public automobiles.
The demand danger shall be borne by the federal government whereas the non-public associate will obtain availability-based funds together with performance-based incentives and deductions. The federal government will present a pre-determined quantity as a building grant to the venture firm to fund a small portion of the capital expenditure.
The websites required for the metro hall and the related depot amenities have been acquired by the federal government at its personal value and shall be handed over to the non-public associate at the beginning of the venture.
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