Tel Aviv Metro
- Not to be confused with the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area or the Tel Aviv Light Rail
The Tel Aviv Metro is a proposed metro system for the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area. It will augment the Tel Aviv Light Rail and Israel Railways suburban lines to form a rapid transit transportation solution for the city.
History
The plan for the metro was born in 2015 in the Israeli ministry of finance, by passing the transportation ministry. The ministry's rationale was that the light rail plan would not be sufficient to answer Tel Aviv's transportation needs as early as the 2020s, when the first lines would be completed. Multiple alternatives were proposed in internal discussions. At the time, the plan was met with surprise at the transportation ministry.[1]
By early 2016 the two ministries agreed on a general outline that would include three of the seven planned light rail lines, in addition to three new metro lines.[2] In September 2016, the government-owned company NTA (Hebrew acronym for Urban Transportation Lines) released a feasibility study tender for the metro lines. The final cost of all lines is estimated at NIS 130–140 billion.[3]
Plan
Construction is slated to start around 2024–2026.[3]
| Line | Length | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 1–2 | Ra'anana – Herzliya – Ramat HaSharon – Northern Tel Aviv – Tel Aviv University – Bavli – Ayalon Highway (Tel Aviv) – Holon Industrial Zone – Rishon LeZion Old Industrial Zone – Central Rishon LeZion – Ness Ziona – Rehovot | |
| Kfar Sava – Hod HaSharon – IWI Ramat HaSharon – Kiryat Atidim and Ramat HaHayal – Tel Aviv University – Bavli – Ayalon Highway (Tel Aviv) – Kiryat Shalom – Central Holon – Ramat Eliyahu – Eastern Rishon LeZion – Be'er Ya'akov – Ramla | ||
| 3 | Central Tel Aviv – HaKirya – Nahalat Yitzhak – Giv'atayim – Bar Ilan University – Souther Petah Tikva – Rosh HaAyin | |
| Ring | Southern Bat Yam – Southern Holon – Holon Industrial Zone – Azor – Sheba Medical Center – Giv'at Shmuel – Ramat Siv and Kiryat Aryeh – Northeast Tel Aviv – Glilot | |
| Source: [3] | ||
References
- ↑ Posek, Hillel (October 1, 2015). "Exclusive: Ministry of Finance Plan to Cancel Light Rail". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- ↑ Petersburg, Ofer (February 22, 2016). "Plan: Building Three Metro Lines in the Center". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved September 26, 2016.
- 1 2 3 Dori, Oren (September 5, 2016). "Not Only Light Rail: Metro Network in Country Center for NIS 140 Billion". TheMarker (in Hebrew). Retrieved September 26, 2016.
External links
- Feasibility study tender at NTA