Purple Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail)

Purple Line
Purple Line bridge under construction near Tel Aviv HaHagana
Overview
StatusUnder construction
OwnerNTA
LocaleTel Aviv, Giv'atayim, Ramat Gan, Kiryat Ono, Giv'at Shmuel, Or Yehuda, Yehud
Termini
Stations43[1]
Websitewww.nta.co.il
Service
TypeLight rail interchange Light rail
SystemTel Aviv Light Rail Tel Aviv Light Rail
Rolling stockCAF Urbos LRV[2]
Daily ridership256,000 (projected)[3]
History
Opened2027 (estimated)[4]
Technical
Line length27 km (17 mi)[1]
Route map

HaTayyasim
Altalef
Weizmann
Yehud Center
Yehud West
Savyonim
Monosson
Savyon Junction
Neve Savyon
Yig'al Alon
Kazaz
Ramat Pinkas
Mesubbim
Ef'al South
Sheba
Bar-Ilan East
Bar-Ilan West
Gane Ilan
Goren
Ef'al North
Alluf Sade
HaYarden
Razi'el
Korazin
HaMa'avak
Wolfson Park
Moshe Dayan
Giv'ati
HaEtsel
HaHagana Tel Aviv HaHagana railway station
Nave Sha'anan
Har Tsiyon (Green Line)
Ha'Aliya
Yehuda HaLevi (Red Line)
Montefiore
HaCarmel
Mugrabi
Bograshov
Gordon
Dizengoff
Ibn Gabirol (Green Line)
Ichilov
Arlosoroff Terminal Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway station (Red Line)

The Purple Line is a light rail transit (LRT) line under construction in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area in Israel. The line will operate as part of the planned Tel Aviv metropolitan area mass transit system and is expected to be the second line to open. The line will connect the city centre of Tel Aviv with its eastern suburbs of Yehud and Giv'at Shmuel.

The Purple Line is planned to be 27 km (17 mi) long and will serve 43 stations, all at street level.[1] Construction started in 2018 and the line is expected to open in 2027[4] at an estimated cost of NIS 11 billion.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Purple Line". NTA official website.
  2. ^ Richard Clinnick (31 January 2022). "Tel Aviv Purple Line light rail contract awarded". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ Sharon Wrobel (5 July 2023). "HSBC and Leumi to provide $1.1 billion in financing for Tel Aviv purple light rail". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b "NTA publishes tender to operate Green and Purple Lines". Globes. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Huge Tel Aviv light rail tender attracts 5 bids". Globes. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2021.