Kiolis, which has deals in fourteen foreign countries besides France, adds Dubai to its hunting table. The French team, a 70% subsidiary of SNCF, along with the Japanese group Mitsubishi, was selected for operation and maintenance of the Dubai Traffic Regulatory Authority, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Metro and local tram. . The nine-year deal in the megalopolis, led by Emir al-Maktoum, is expected to generate a total revenue of about 1.2 billion euros during that period.

“This historic agreement allows the team to strengthen its expertise in automated metro and tram operation,” Mary-Ange DePhone welcomes the company it has led since last summer. Until now, Kiolis was confined to Qatar in the Persian Gulf, In 2017 he was selected along with his fellow RATP Dev , 3 new metro lines and 4 tram lines in Doha and run the city of Lucille, which will be used exclusively for the new FIFA World Cup. The two Frenchmen here make up 49% of the joint venture led by the Qatari Hamad Group (51%).