Europe 1 with AFP 6:59 p.m., December 20, 2022
Record regularity rates were observed on the Doha and Lusail metros and trams in Qatar.
They are operated by RATP and Keolis, which belongs to the SNCF group.
The transport network of the Qatari capital transported, on average, between 500,000 and 600,000 people during the World Cup.
At a time when transport in the Ile-de-France region is experiencing many difficulties, everything is going well for the metros and tramways of Doha in Qatar.
The operation of the city's transport network, provided by the RATP and Keolis (SNCF group), was done with record regularity rates despite exceptional attendance during the World Cup, welcomed Tuesday the president of Keolis, Marie-Ange Debon.
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"We transported an average of 500,000 to 600,000 passengers per day, and we rose to 860,000, while normal attendance is 100,000 travelers per day", explained Marie-Ange Debon to AFP, welcoming "an exceptional performance ".
A total of 18 million people were transported during the month-long competition, she said.
"The client (the public company Qatar Rail) said that we were heroes, and it is a client who is not very convenient", she added, praising the management of flows and the circulation of 'information.
"100% punctuality almost every day"
The three lines of the automatic metro in the Doha capital agglomeration of Qatar and the tramway in the new town of Lusail are operated by a consortium involving RATP Dev (the RATP subsidiary for operations outside the Paris region) , Keolis (a public transport subsidiary 70% owned by SNCF) and Hamad Group, a local partner.
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The two French groups bring their know-how to this consortium called RKH Qitarat, in which they together hold 49% of the capital, and which won the operation of the network for twenty years at the end of 2017, a contract worth more than 3 billion dollars.
"We never fell below 99.8% availability, punctuality, reliability... We had 100% punctuality almost every day," said Marie-Ange Debon.
Main problem, noticed a few hours before the final of the Football World Cup on Sunday: the crowds forced the police to temporarily close the central metro station.
Same satisfaction at the RATP: "We were able to bring the expertise of the RATP on automatic metros and the management of major international meetings", indicated a spokesperson.