The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport on the one hand and Jerusalem Light Rail concessionaire CityPass and works contractor Alstom on the other hand reached an agreement on the extension of the light rail network.
The agreement comes after two years of negotiations. The dispute was over the extension of the existing Red Line, currently 14 kilometers long. The planned southwards and northwards extensions will add eight kilometers of track, making the line 22 kilometers in total. The works include track laying, doubling the number of cars from 46 to 90, and the supply of systems for the project. The sides compromised on a payment of €350 million (NIS 1.5 billion) for the works.
Apart from the €350 million to be paid to CityPass, the state will pay approximately another €350 million for civil works by other contractors.
The work on extending the lines is expected to be complete by early 2020 at the latest.
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