{"id":55391,"date":"2026-07-02T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=55391"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:00:04","slug":"muscat-metro-news-and-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/muscat-metro-news-and-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Muscat Metro Is Closer Than Ever as Plans for the First Line Are Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been wondering whether Muscat will eventually get a metro, the plan has just taken another step forward. Oman and France have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on <strong>developing the Muscat Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first metro line will stretch for about 55 km and have the following stops:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sultan Haitham City (western terminus)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Muscat International Airport<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ghala<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Al Khuwair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ruwi (eastern terminus)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/221483_000_N40_large-1703175046-scaled-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/221483_000_N40_large-1703175046-scaled-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/221483_000_N40_large-1703175046-scaled-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/221483_000_N40_large-1703175046-scaled-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/221483_000_N40_large-1703175046-scaled-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/221483_000_N40_large-1703175046-scaled-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sultan Haitham City<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>network is expected to include around 42 stations<\/strong>, including seven interchange stations where passengers will be able to transfer between metro lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details about construction timelines and future phases of Muscat Metro have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Living in Oman? 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The first metro line will stretch for about 55 km and have the following stops: The network is expected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":55393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15519,"slug":"oman","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/oman\/","api_id":186,"title":{"rendered":"Oman"}}],"cities":[{"id":15520,"slug":"muscat","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/oman\/muscat\/","api_id":281,"title":{"rendered":"Muscat"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}