Qatar Rail has floated tenders for developing 12 proposed metro stations, according to a report.

Qatar Rail’s tendering committee is seeking competent consultants and contractors to carry out the project, said The Peninsula report.

The first phase of the Doha Metro project will see the opening of 37 stations, while another 60 stations would be opened in the second phase.

About 50 per cent of the 113-km-long tunnelling works for the metro has been completed, a senior company official was quoted as saying.