The Housing Cabinet headed by Moshe Kahlon, the Minister of Finance, approved the western section of the Tel Aviv light railway’s Purple Line and southern and central sections of the Green Line. The two planned lines should be operating by 2030 and will serve more than 250,000 passengers per day.
The Purple Line section that was approved includes 29 stations. The section approved runs for 18 kilometers and a further 10 kilometers with 15 stations are planned.
The Green Line is divided up to three sections – southern, central and north – and will run for 39 kilometers and include 61 stations. The central section of the Green Line will be 5.9 kilometers long, of which 4.25 kilometers will be underground. The estimated budget for the execution of the Green Line is NIS 4.5 billion (USD 1.17 billion) and the works should be executed in 4 – 5 years.
The Red light rail line is the first such public transit system in Tel Aviv and operates since 2015.
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