Tel Aviv Light Rail

The Tel Aviv Light Rail (, ), also known as Dankal (, ) is a mass transit system for Gush Dan, the Tel Aviv metropolitan area in central Israel. The system will include different modes of mass transit, including rapid transit (metro), light rail transit (LRT), and bus rapid transit (BRT). Overseen by NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd., a government agency, the project will complement the intercity and suburban rail network operated by Israel Railways.

As of 2023, two LRT lines are under construction and one available to the public. Work on the Red Line, the first in the project, started on September 21, 2011, following years of preparatory works, and was opened on August 18, 2023, after numerous delays. Construction of the Purple Line started in December 2018; work on the Green Line began in January 2019.

The network was originally planned to be called "MetroTLV" but was changed to "Dankal". The name comes from the metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, Gush Dan, and "light" ("kal", ). Provided by Wikipedia