Qatar Rail is fully mobilizing the entire fleet of 110 Doha Metro trains for AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023

As the nation gets ready to host the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023, which will begin on January 12, 2024, Qatar Rail is completely mobilising the whole fleet of 110 contemporary, comfortable, and secure Doha Metro trains.

In addition, it stated that during match hours, the headway between trains on all three lines will be shortened to three minutes, and 6-carriage trains will be deployed on the Red Line, increasing each train's capacity to 1120 people.

Doha Metro and Lusail Tram services will operate as per the usual timetable during the tournament period (January 12 to February 10), except for Friday (Opening Match Day Jan 12). On January 12. The services will operate from 12noon instead of 2pm. And on the following match days that fall on Friday (Jan 19 and Feb 2) services will operate from 10am, instead of 2pm.