civil works, Rolling Stocks and Systems). Light rail transit for Lusail (the other LRT systems in Doha, namely for Education City and Hamad International Airport are managed outside Qatar Rail. Long Distance. The total length of the Qatar Rail network consist of approximately: 750 km of track 100 stations for both passenger and freight In June 2013, Qatar Rail awarded four design and build contracts worth approximately $8.2 billion for phase one of the Doha metro. The project will include four rail lines and an underground section in the center of the capital Doha and will link stadiums for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament. The contracts were for the Red Line North project, the Red Line South project, the Green Line project and another one to design and build the metro's major stations. The projects are expected to employ more than 20,000 workers at its peak, construction is scheduled to begin later this year for completion by 2019. Construction of the metro was originally planned to start in the first quarter of 2010. Doha Metro's Red Line became the first line officially opened to the public on 8 May 2019. This was followed by the launch of the Gold Line on 21 November 2019, and the opening of the Green Line on 10 December 2019. Standards Gauge: Brakes: Air Couplings (freight): TBA Electrification: 25 kV AC Highways Total: 1,230 km Paved: 1,107 km Unpaved: 123 km (1996 est.) Most of the main roads in this tiny country have been updated to multilane, double carriageway motorways, including the following: Al Shamal Highway: Doha - Ar Ru'ays. Length: 109 km. Doha Highway: Doha - Mesaieed. Length: 57 km. Garafat Ar Rayyan Highway: Doha - Dukhan. Length: 82 km. Al Khor Highway: Doha - Al Khor. Length: 45 km. Salwa Highway (constructed in 1970): Doha - As Salwa. Length: 100 km. Umm Bab Highway: Dukhan - Salwa Highway. length: 61 km. Al Majd Road (constructed in 2017 as the "Orbital Highway") is the longest highway in Qatar, running at a length of 195 km from south-to-north. It begins in Mesaieed and extends north towards Ras Laffan on the coast. Pipelines Crude Oil 235 km; Natural Gas 400 km Ports and harbours Persian Gulf Doha Port Halul Island Port Umm Sa'id Port Ras Laffan Port Hamad Port Ar Ru'ays Port Merchant marine Total: 24 ships (1,000 GT or over) totalling 721,756 GT/ Ships