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Tel Aviv Metro Construction Underway Years Before Opening

Extensive construction for the Gush Dan metro system is underway, with 30 active sites and plans to expand to 70 next year, despite the system's planned 2037 opening.

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Tel Aviv Metro Construction Underway Years Before Opening — Illustration by baba

What happened

01Extensive construction for the Gush Dan metro is already underway, years before its 2037 opening.
0230 construction sites are currently active, with plans to increase to 70 next year.
03NTA is prioritizing early infrastructure relocation to avoid delays from major contractors.
04Projects include depot preparation and utility transfers, with some costing hundreds of millions of shekels.
05Major tunneling is expected to commence around 2030.
06The metro aims to operate automated, driverless trains running every 90 seconds.

NTA is prioritizing early infrastructure relocation to prevent delays, with projects including depot preparation and utility transfers costing hundreds of millions of shekels. The metro project is expected to see major tunneling begin around 2030, with plans for automated, driverless trains operating every 90 seconds.

Translated and summarized by baba from Globes, the latest report. Read Globes’s original