The TMT Consortium (TLV Metropolitan Tramway Ltd.), consisting of Alstom, Electra & Dan Public Transportation, reached financial closure on the contract to design, build, maintain, and finance the Tel Aviv Green LRT line by Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd (NTA). The consortium was awarded the contract in May 2022.
The project is valued at EUR 2.6 billion euro and Alstom’s share is valued at EUR 858 million euro.
Alstom’s responsibility includes the design, engineering, supply, integration, testing and commissioning of the railway system including tracks, electrification, power supply (Hesop, energy saving system), signalling, communication system and the supply of 98 Citadis X05 trams.
Electra will manage the design and construction of the civil works. Maintenance of the system will be performed by a joint venture composed of Dan Public Transportation Ltd., Electra Ltd. and Alstom.
Tel Aviv Green LRT will be 39 km long with 62 stations of which 4 km will be underground. The line will run from north to south of the city, connecting Holon and Rishon Lezion with the centre of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv University, the industrial and business area in western Herzliya and the business area in Kiryat Atidim. The metropolitan Green line will have state of the art trams and is expected to move 76 million passengers in 2030.
The trams will operate in double units, 34 meters each with full low floor. The Citadis X05 trams will be designed and manufactured by Alstom’s Centre of Excellence in La Rochelle. The other French sites involved are Le Creusot for the bogies, Ornans for motors, Saint-Ouen for Cybersecurity and Villeurbanne for Passenger Information Systems. Additionally, Fez in Morocco will provide harnesses and electrical cabinets and Charleroi in Belgium, will supply the 1500V Integrated Traction and Auxiliary Converter and the Hesop energy saving system.
This project is part of a greater Transport Investment plan by Israel to address the country’s growing mobility demand, to reduce congestion in Tel Aviv and support its 4,000,000 inhabitants.
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