Qatar Rail, Qatar's railroad company, said has awarded a consortium of Saudi Arabia's Binladin Group, Austria's Austria Power and Qatar's HPK Contracting the third major contract for the Doha Metro construction scheme.

The new contract, the value of which was not disclosed, includes the elevated (above-ground) sections of the Green Line. <The new contract, the value of which was not disclosed, covers the elevated (above-ground) sections of the Green Line, with the same consortium winning the QR8 billion contract for the underground sections of the same line last year. <Qatar Rail is still is still in the evaluation phase for some contracts for the Doha Metro.