Israel’s National Infrastructures Committee has approved an outline plan to put Haifa’s existing railway lines underground at an estimated cost of NIS 13 billion.
First Tel Aviv Metro line sent for cabinet approval
The M3 line extends over 40 kilometers from Herzliya via Tel Aviv to Bat Yam with a branch line to Ben Gurion airport.
Israel s National Infrastructures Committee has decided today to send the plans for the M3 line on the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Metro System, drawn up by NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System, for approval by the cabinet. The committee decided that there would be further deliberations on the M1 South line.
The 40 kilometer M3 line will have 25 stations beginning in the north in Herzliya, and passing through Ramat Hasharon, Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Givat Shmuel, Kiryat Ono, Ramat Gan, Or Yehuda, Azor, Holon and Bat Yam.