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First Purple Line cars arrive in Israel after vandalism in Spain
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First reported by Behadrei Haredim · Jun 15, 2026
What happened
Four Purple Line rail cars arrived at Haifa Port and will soon be transferred for testing and preparation. NTA says the project remains on schedule for a 2028 opening despite recent sabotage of six other cars in Spain.
- 01Four Purple Line cars were unloaded at Haifa Port on Monday night.
- 02Six other cars were sabotaged in Spain one week earlier.
- 03NTA says the 2028 opening target is not expected to slip.
- 04The line will run about 29 kilometers and serve 260,000 riders daily.
- 05Yodfat Afek Arzi called the delivery an important milestone.
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