Jerusalem Light Rail Tender

The line will connect the neighborhood of Ramot in the north and Gilo in the south The line is 28 km long and includes 46 stations.The blue line will stretch for 31 kilometers from the Gila and Talfiot neighborhoods in the south of the city to Ramat Eshkol and the Ramot neighborhood in the north.The blue line will include about 53 stations and it will have two branches in the north of the city and in the south.In the north from Geula to Ramat Eshkol and from Geula to the Ramot neighborhood in the south from the Khan station to the Gila neighborhood and from the Khan.The blue line will include an underground section 2.5 kilometers long and three underground stations.The project will be carried out using the PPP method that is in partnership with the private sector and will be one of the largest projects in Israel carried out in partnership with the private sector to date.The project includes among other things the construction of a new light rail infrastructure with a length of about 20 km with an overhead section from Rosemary Junction in the south of the city along Hebron Road Keren Hayesod and King George Street in the center of the city an underground section with a length of about 2 km in the center of the city which includes three underground stations and a continuation of the above-ground section through Mount Hatzim and the Ramot neighborhood at the northern end of the city.Also an extension from the Station complex through Emek Refaim and the Talpiot neighborhood towards the maintenance center in Malha.The operation of the first part of the line is planned for 2028 and full operation in 2030. This is a large-scale project of approximately NIS 14 billion. The Blue Line is added to the JNET line network that is in the process of being established and operated. It is a large-scale transportation solution that will transport approximately 250000 people every day. Events8 October 2022 four proposals were submitted for the tender of the project. The groups that submitted their bids in the tender are Shikhun and Binui and Egged ALSTOM Electra Allied and Minerv CAF and Shapir Dan Dania Sibus and COMSA. The announcement of the winner is expected in November 2022.August 2021 Tender for construction financing operation and maintenance of the blue rail line in Jerusalem have been published.