Tel Aviv Light Rail
The Tel Aviv Light Rail (Hebrew: הרכבת הקלה בתל אביב, Romanized: Ha'rakēvet Ha'kalā Be'Tel Avīv), Arabic: دانكال تل أبيب للسكك الحديدية الخفيفة, Romanized: Dankal Tall ʾAbīb Lilsīkak Al-hadidiat Al-khāfifa also known as Dankal (Hebrew: דנקל, Arabic: دانكال) is a mass transit system for Gush Dan, the Tel Aviv metropolitan area in central Israel. The system will include different modes of mass transit, including rapid transit (metro), light rail transit (LRT), and bus rapid transit (BRT). Overseen by NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd., a government agency, the project will complement the intercity and suburban rail network operated by Israel Railways.
| Dankal Tel Aviv Light Rail רכבת קלה של דנקל תל אביב دانكال تل أبيب للسكك الحديدية الخفيفة | |
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Tel Aviv Light Rail-branded Mock-up trainset of the red line standing outside the light rail depot | |
Tel Aviv Light Rail Red Line Rolling Stock out of the CRRC factory in China, June 2019 | |
| Overview | |
| Owner | NTA |
| Area served | Tel Aviv metropolitan area |
| Transit type | Light rail |
| Number of lines | 3 (Red Line, Green Line, Purple Line) |
| Number of stations | 34 (Red Line), 58 (Green Line), 43 (Purple Line) |
| Daily ridership | Red Line - 100,000 |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv |
| Website | https://www.dankal.co.il/ |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | August 18, 2023 |
| Operator(s) | tevel metro |
| Rolling stock | CRRC (Red Line), Alstom Citadis XO5 (Green Line), CAF Urbos 3 (Purple Line) |
| Technical | |
| Top speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) in underground sections |
As of 2023, two LRT lines are under construction and one available to the public. Work on the Red Line, the first in the project, started on September 21, 2011, following years of preparatory works, and was opened on August 18, 2023 after numerous delays. Construction of the Purple Line started in December 2018; work on the Green Line began in January 2019.
The network was originally planned to be called "MetroTLV" but was changed to "Dankal".