Red Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail)

Red Line
Red line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail (Dankal), Jerusalem Boulevard
Overview
Locale Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Bnei Brak, Ramat Gan, Bat Yam
Termini
  • Petah Tikva Central Bus Station
    Kiryat Aryeh depot
  • HaKomemiyut (Bat Yam)
Stations34
Websitewww.dankal.co.il/new-service-lines-and-stations/?lang=en
Service
Type Light rail
System Tel Aviv Light Rail
Services
  • R1 - CBS Petah Tikva - HaKomemiyut
  • R2 - Kiryat Arye - HaKomemiyut
  • R3 - Kiryat Arye - Elifelet
Operator(s)Tevel Metro
Depot(s)Kiryat Aryeh depot
Rolling stockCRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles LRV
Daily ridership70,000
History
OpenedAugust 18, 2023
Technical
Line length24 km (15 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification1500 V DC OHLE
Operating speed50 km/h (31 mph) in Street Level
70 km/h (43 mph) Underground
Route map

 R1 
Petach Tikva CBS
Pinsker
Krol
Dankner
Beilinson
Shacham
Shenkar
 R2   R3 
Kiryat Arye
Em HaMoshavot Bridge
Aharonovich
Ben-Gurion
Bialik
Abba Hillel
Arlosoroff
Sha'ul HaMelekh
Yehudit
Carlebach
Allenby
 R3 
Elifelet
Shalma (Salame)
Bloomfield Stadium
Ehrlich
Isakov
HaBesht
Machrozet
Ha'Atsma'ut
Rothschild
Jabotinsky
Balfour
Binyamin
Yoseftal
Kaf Tet BeNovember
He'Amal
 R1   R2 
HaKomemiyut

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.