Tel Aviv Metro

Tel Aviv Metro
Overview
LocaleTel Aviv Metropolitan area
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines3
Number of stations109
Operation
Operation will start2037 (2037)
Outline of the Tel Aviv Metro

The Tel Aviv Metro (also MetroTLV) is an under-construction subway system in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area, set to complement the Tel Aviv Light Rail and Israel Railways with three lines and 109 stations. Construction began in 2025, with the first public opening scheduled for 2037, authorized under National Outline Plan 70.

History


Proposed in 2015 due to projected capacity issues with the light rail, the project evolved into a joint effort between ministries, with NTA (Metropolitan Mass Transit System) launching feasibility studies in 2016. Following route approval in 2019 and preliminary works in 2022-2023, the formal, official groundbreaking occurred on 18 December 2025, in Petah Tikva. International pre-qualification for construction tenders began in February 2026.[1]

Plan

LineLengthRoute
M1 85 km (53 mi) Ra'anana – Herzliya – Ramat HaSharon – Northern Tel Aviv – Tel Aviv University – Bavli – Ayalon Highway (Tel Aviv) – Yigal Allon Street – Kiryat Shalom – Central Holon – Central Rishon LeZion – Ness Ziona – Rehovot – Bilu Junction
Kfar Saba – Hod HaSharon – IWI Ramat HaSharon – Kiryat Atidim and Ramat HaHayal – Tel Aviv University – Bavli – Ayalon Highway (Tel Aviv) – Yigal Allon Street – Kiryat Shalom – Central Holon – Rishon LeZion Old Industrial Zone – Tzrifin – Be'er Ya'akov – Ramla – Lod
M2 26 km (16 mi) Wolfson Medical Center – Central Tel Aviv – HaKirya – Nahalat Yitzhak – Giv'atayim – South Bnei Brak – Bar Ilan University – Giv'at Shmu'el – Petah Tikva
M3 39 km (24 mi) Southern Bat Yam – Southern Holon – Holon Industrial Zone – Azor – Or Yehuda – Sheba Medical Center – Kiryat Ono – Ramat Siv and Kiryat Aryeh – Northeast Tel Aviv – Glilot – Herzliya Pituah
Sources:[2][3][4]

Costs

The total estimated project cost is NIS 150–200 billion (USD 41–55 billion), with approximately NIS 82 billion allocated for the M1 lines alone.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Metro". Archived from the original on 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2026-07-07.
  2. ↑ Dori, Oren (September 5, 2016). "Not Only Light Rail: Metro Network in Country Center for NIS 140 Billion". TheMarker (in Hebrew). Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ Gorodeisky, Sonia (July 19, 2018). "Tender published for planning Tel Aviv subway lines". Globes. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ קווי מטרו במטרופולין תל אביב [Metro Lines in Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area] (PDF) (Map) (in Hebrew). NTA. 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 10, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  5. Nardi, Guy (November 23, 2020). "Tel Aviv Metro has already cost NIS 500m". Globes. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  6. Barkat, Amiram (November 2, 2020). "Is the Tel Aviv Metro worth it?". Globes. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  7. Barkat, Amiram; Gorodeisky, Sonia (November 12, 2018). "McKinsey: State can't afford Tel Aviv metro". Globes. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  8. Zagrizak, Asaf (July 13, 2021). "מרימים לתחתית: פרויקט המטרו של גוש דן: תמונת מצב" [Setting up for the underground: Gush Dan metro project: situation report]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  9. Petersburg, Ofer (February 22, 2016). "Plan: Building Three Metro Lines in the Center". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  10. Posek, Hillel (October 1, 2015). "Exclusive: Ministry of Finance Plan to Cancel Light Rail". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  11. Robenstein, Roei (April 15, 2019). "The Gush Dan Metro, another step towards work initialization". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved April 17, 2019.
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