Msheireb () is a

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station in

Doha Doha ( ) is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor (city), Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. It ...

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located between

Msheireb Downtown Doha Msheireb Downtown Doha is a Planned community, planned city in Doha, Qatar being constructed in place of the current district of Mushayrib. It is promoted as being the world's first sustainable downtown regeneration project and one of the smartes ...

and

Mushayrib Mushayrib (; also spelled Musheireb) is a Qatari district located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah. As of the 2010 census, the former district of Al Asmakh has been integrated into Mushayrib. It is one of the oldest districts of Doha, and contain ...

. It serves as a transfer station for the

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and

Green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a com ...

lines of the

Doha Metro The Doha Metro (, ''Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Mitru ad-Dawha'') is a rapid transit system in the Doha Metropolitan Area of Qatar's capital city Doha, which became operational on 8 May 2019. It has three lines with an approximate overal ...

and is considered the largest station in the city.

History

In 2015, the station was planned to be completed by mid-2018, with six out of the 12

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breakthroughs necessary completed. By February 2018, the main steel structure was complete and work moved into the stone roof cladding. In November 2018, work was almost finished, with only final touches remaining. The station opened with the rest of the first phase of the Red Line on 8 May 2019. Service on the Gold and the Green lines began when they opened on 22 November, and December 10 of the same year, respectively. Msheireb Metro Station was awarded the 2020 World Special Prize Interior by the

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Station layout

The Red and Green lines share the same set of platforms next to each other, while the Gold Line platforms are located east of the others and run perpendicular to them.

References

{{Doha Metro stations Doha Metro stations Railway stations in Qatar opened in 2019