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Red Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail)
The Red Line is the first section of a light rail system in the Gush Dan, known as the Tel Aviv Light Rail. The line runs from Bat Yam in the south to Petah Tikva in the northeast with a significant portion of it underground. The total cost of the red line is estimated at NIS 11 billion or, approximately US$3 billion. Construction began in 2011, with the testing phase of the line beginning only a decade later, in 2021. After numerous delays concerning the security and safety of the line, it eventually opened on August 18, 2023 with a 100,000+ daily ridership over just 8 hours of operation.
The Red Line has a total of 34 stations. It starts at Petah Tikva's Central Bus Station, east of Tel Aviv and follows Jabotinsky Road (Route 481) westwards at street level. At the point where Jabotinsky Road and Highway 4 intersect the line drops into a tunnel for 11 km (6.8 mi) and emerges to street level again just before Jaffa, where it turns southwards towards Bat Yam and also serves Bloomfield Stadium. The underground section includes 10 stations, including an interchange with Israel Railways services at Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station and the nearby 2000 Terminal. The line also stops next to the Azrieli Center and the Tel Aviv HaShalom railway station. A maintenance depot, connected via a branch line and tunnel to the main section of the line, was constructed in Kiryat Aryeh, across from the existing Petah Tikva-Kiryat Aryeh railway station. The branch line includes two passenger stations, at Em HaMoshavot Road and an interchange station at the Kiryat Arye railway station.
A planned southern extension will add 2.8 km (1.7 mi) into the city of Rishon LeZion and three intermediate stops and an inter-modal terminus which will serve as connection with Israel Railways' Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Railway Station and the projected Green Line.
The Red Line operates from Sundays to Thursdays from 05:00 with the last train departing at 00:30 the following day. On Fridays, the last train departs 3 hours before the commencement of Shabbat (meaning approximately 14:00 in the winter and 16:00 in the summer), and on Saturdays there is no service during daylight hours, until the end of Shabbat at sundown on Saturday evenings.
The price for a single ride is ₪8.00 For journeys beyond 15 km, the price for a single ride jumps to ₪16.
There are 45 trains on the line during operating times each with 2 carriages and with a maximum capacity of 450 passengers per train.
Waiting times in peak hours are approximately 3 minutes and off-peak hours the frequency will be 6 minutes per train. However, the frequency of the trains should increase as time goes by.
Eyal Gelberg is the voice behind the Red Line and announces all the stations in Hebrew and English (another voice then announces in Arabic). Gelberg is famous for being the voice behind many buses in Israel.
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Red Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail)
The Red Line is the first section of a light rail system in the Gush Dan, known as the Tel Aviv Light Rail. The line runs from Bat Yam in the south to Petah Tikva in the northeast with a significant portion of it underground. The total cost of the red line is estimated at NIS 11 billion or, approximately US$3 billion. Construction began in 2011, with the testing phase of the line beginning only a decade later, in 2021. After numerous delays concerning the security and safety of the line, it eventually opened on August 18, 2023 with a 100,000+ daily ridership over just 8 hours of operation.
The Red Line has a total of 34 stations. It starts at Petah Tikva's Central Bus Station, east of Tel Aviv and follows Jabotinsky Road (Route 481) westwards at street level. At the point where Jabotinsky Road and Highway 4 intersect the line drops into a tunnel for 11 km (6.8 mi) and emerges to street level again just before Jaffa, where it turns southwards towards Bat Yam and also serves Bloomfield Stadium. The underground section includes 10 stations, including an interchange with Israel Railways services at Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station and the nearby 2000 Terminal. The line also stops next to the Azrieli Center and the Tel Aviv HaShalom railway station. A maintenance depot, connected via a branch line and tunnel to the main section of the line, was constructed in Kiryat Aryeh, across from the existing Petah Tikva-Kiryat Aryeh railway station. The branch line includes two passenger stations, at Em HaMoshavot Road and an interchange station at the Kiryat Arye railway station.
A planned southern extension will add 2.8 km (1.7 mi) into the city of Rishon LeZion and three intermediate stops and an inter-modal terminus which will serve as connection with Israel Railways' Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan Railway Station and the projected Green Line.
The Red Line operates from Sundays to Thursdays from 05:00 with the last train departing at 00:30 the following day. On Fridays, the last train departs 3 hours before the commencement of Shabbat (meaning approximately 14:00 in the winter and 16:00 in the summer), and on Saturdays there is no service during daylight hours, until the end of Shabbat at sundown on Saturday evenings.
The price for a single ride is ₪8.00 For journeys beyond 15 km, the price for a single ride jumps to ₪16.
There are 45 trains on the line during operating times each with 2 carriages and with a maximum capacity of 450 passengers per train.
Waiting times in peak hours are approximately 3 minutes and off-peak hours the frequency will be 6 minutes per train. However, the frequency of the trains should increase as time goes by.
Eyal Gelberg is the voice behind the Red Line and announces all the stations in Hebrew and English (another voice then announces in Arabic). Gelberg is famous for being the voice behind many buses in Israel.
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