Ashghal completes works of five bus stations, hands over to MoT

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has handed over five bus stations out of the total eight to the Ministry of Transport (MoT), with work underway to complete the rest next year.

An Ashghal statement on Sunday explained that stations handed over to the MoT are at Al Sudan, Industrial Area, Al Wakra, Education City, and Lusail.Ashghal president Dr engineer Saad bin Ahmed al-Mohannadi said that these stations were developed as part of Qatar’s plan for infrastructure development in the transportation sector, and supporting and encouraging the use of public buses.Along with completing the remaining three bus stations, the action plan for next year include commissioning of four other bus depots and 2,700 air-conditioned bus stops on all main roads.Ashghal, as part of Qatar’s strategy to switch to clean energy within the Qatar National Vision 2030, has installed 653 charging devices and 713 electrical transformers in 41 electric charging sites to serve the fleet of electric buses that will be operated according to the plan of the MoT.Engineer Abdul Mohsen al-Rashed, director of Building Projects Department, said that the implementation of bus stations has been assigned to Qatari companies within the framework of the government's directives to support national companies.He said that Ashghal is co-operating with all stakeholders to provide an integrated road network that has a distinguished infrastructure in addition to all facilities serving all public transportation means in the country, such as the metro or buses.Engineer Abdul Hakim al-Hashemi, head of Public Projects in the Buildings Projects Department, said that the stations delivered to the MoT have all the necessary facilities to serve passengers.He noted that each station includes a main building, reservations and information area, shops, places designated for prayer and waiting areas, a central control room, offices for staff, service areas, and an electrical room.“When designing the buildings, it was taken into account that they should be of a modern nature and conform to the highest international safety standards,” al-Hashemi said. “The stations are meant to achieve a three-star rating in terms of energy savings and environmental preservation.”