Oqba Ibn Nafie metro station محطة مترو عقبة بن نافع | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Old Airport, Doha Qatar | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°14′56″N51°34′02″E / 25.2490°N 51.5671°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Qatar Rail | ||||||||||
Operated by | Doha Metro | ||||||||||
Line(s) | |||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Website | http://www.qr.com.qa/ | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 8 May 2019 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Oqba Ibn Nafie station is a station on Doha Metro's Red Line and serves Old Airport district in Doha, the capital of Qatar. [1]
The station opened to the public on 8 May 2019 along with 12 other Red Line stations. [2] The station was named after the 7th-century Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi.
Facilities in the station include a prayer room and restrooms. There is an ATM and a pharmacy. [1]
There are three metrolink lines currently servicing the station:
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