Bahrain Mirror: The preliminary feasibility study for Bahrain Metro has been completed and a new bids have been submitted through the Tender Board to allow the participation of Bahraini and foreign specialized consultancy offices in the tender for a final feasibility study, reported local Bahraini Al-Ayyam newspaper.

The final feasibility study aims at providing financial, technical and legal advisory services for the preparation of documents for the tender for the design, construction and operation of the first stage of the Bahrain Metro project.

According to the newspaper, the bids will be opened in two categories, technical and financial, noting that the date of publication of the tender in the Tender Board was on February 13 and that the tender period is six months, and will be closed on June 12. The tender will be opened again on June 13.

The paper pointed out that the cost of the Bahrain Metro project ranges from one to two billion US dollars, and that the project may be financed in partnership between the government and the private sector in accordance with the direction of the 2030 Bahrain economic vision.

The project is expected to take four years to be completed, and will be implemented in four stages, said Al-Ayyam, adding that the first stage will cover 30 km2 through two metro lines: the first is the "Red" line connecting the Bahrain airport via Muharraq Island on King Faisal Road, passing through the Financial Harbor and heading to Seef District.

As for the second "Blue" line, it will begin from Juffair, passing through Al-Fateh, then the Diplomatic Zone, and then will meet the Red Line at the Financial Harbor. There will be a central station in this area. It will then head to the central market in Manama and down to Isa Town. The first stage includes around 20 stations, whose designs have been completed.

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