Metro Bahrain ‘will solve traffic issues’

Despite spending BD1.5 billion on expanding roads the traffic issue remains more or less the same forcing the Government to come up with Metro Bahrain, Transportation and Telecommunications Minister Kamal Ahmed said yesterday.

“Metro Bahrain will address the traffic issue to a great extent. The service will be appealing, especially to the youth,” the minister said. He explained that the first phase of the project includes the establishment of a 29-km network including 20 stations that will be operated across two lines.

The first line will connect Bahrain International Airport with Seef Mall and will have stations at King Hamad Hospital, Avenues Mall, Bab Al Bahrain and City Centre.

The second line will connect Juffair with the educational area in Isa Town, through Al Fateh Street, the Diplomatic Area and Bab Al Bahrain.