News & Updates
All the latest news and updates about the Metro project
Tidhar and Rimon team up for the metro tenders: a joint venture targeting ₪65B in works
The two companies, both prequalified, will bid together on the metro's Infra 1 tenders and launch shafts. Tidhar will initially hold 55% and Rimon 45%.
A first for Israel: go-ahead to build a metro station, in Ariel Sharon Park
The National Licensing Authority approved construction of the underground structure of the Ariel Sharon Park station on Line M3. Works include digging out some 300,000 cubic meters of soil and are expected to take about 25 months.
19 groups from 7 countries clear prequalification as the metro's ₪65B Infra 1 tenders move ahead
NTA has cleared 19 groups, made up of 31 Israeli and international companies, to bid on boring some 75 km of twin tunnels and building 59 underground stations.
NTA board expands: four new directors to steer the metro project
Daoud Khoury, Sivan Detauker, Gilad Rabinovitz and Avi Deutschman join the board of the company building the metro for three-year terms.
A first for Israel: driverless metro as Infra 2 prequalification launches
The roughly NIS 30 billion tender covers GoA4 autonomous trains, signalling and control, and 15–20 years of operation and maintenance.
After nine months: Avi Chaliva chosen to chair the Metro Authority
A Transport Ministry search committee picked Chaliva to lead the government body tasked with clearing regulatory obstacles for the project.
NTA to set up 10 metro offices in Gush Dan municipalities
The Transport Ministry will fund the offices with NIS 40 million over five years to bring works management closer to the ground and the cities.
State Comptroller's report: the metro is moving forward, but the challenges are piling up
Israel's largest transportation project faces a test of execution
20 groups from 8 countries enter prequalification for the metro's Infra 1 tenders
33 companies, including 11 Israeli and 9 Indian firms, are competing for tunnel and station works worth about NIS 65 billion.