According to the Planning and Design Director of the Ministry, Huda Abdulla Fakhroo, the study should be completed within two years and the first phase of the project - the airport rail link and another rail line linking the mall with Juffair - could be finished by mid-2014.

The second phase will see the construction of a Light Rail Transport (LRT), monorail and Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) and is due to be completed by 2021, while the construction of the third phase, including an LRT, monorail, tram and BRT system, is expected to start in 2022 and finish by 2030.

However, Ms Fakhroo revealed that the plan could be updated to include an underground rail network.

"We have already decided the transport master plan will consist of a light rail transport, a tramway, bus rapid transport and a monorail, but we also now plan to look at the underground system," she said.

Source: Gulf Daily News

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