NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd. has launched three new tenders for the purple and green lines of the Greater Tel Aviv light rail project. The tenders include a project management tender for each of the two lines and a tender for planning the civil engineering work in the project (Infra 1). Israeli companies are to manage the project with advice from international consultants.
Tenders for planning Infra 2 work will also be issued in the coming weeks, including the rail systems and management of the civil engineering work. NTA is trying to meet the Ministry of Transport’s order to begin construction of the lines in 2018.
The two lines are scheduled to begin operating in 2024, at an investment of NIS 30 billion (EUR 7.6 billion). The purple line section approved includes 29 stations spread over 18 km. It stretches west from the Savidor railway station in Tel Aviv to Sheba Medical Center and Bar Ilan University. In the second stage, the purple line will continue east to Yehud, with 44 stations spread over 28 km. The green line is divided into three sections: southern, central, and northern sections, with a total length of 39 km and 61 stations.
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