The Green Line is the second line of the

Jerusalem Light Rail The Jerusalem Light Rail (, ''HaRakevet HaKala Birushalayim'', , ''Qiṭār Al-Quds Al-Khafīf'') is a light rail system in Jerusalem. Currently, the Red Line (Jerusalem Light Rail), Red Line is the only one in operation, the first of several ...

, under construction as of 2018, with completion of the full line expected by 2025. The Green Line will link the two campuses of the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...

and continue south via Pat junction to

Gilo Gilo () is an Israeli settlement in south-western East Jerusalem, with a population of 30,000, mostly Jewish inhabitants. Although it is located within the Jerusalem Municipality, it is widely considered a settlement, because as one of the five ...

. It will pass the terminus of the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway, then cross the existing Red Line tram route and run to

Mount Scopus Mount Scopus ( ', "Mount of the Watchmen/ Sentinels"; ', lit. "Mount Lookout", or ' "Mount of the Scene/Burial Site", or "Mount Syenite") is a mountain (elevation: above sea level) in northeast Jerusalem. Between the 1948 Arab–Israeli ...

. There will be 35 stops, and ridership is predicted at 200,000 passengers/day. The line was approved by the Jerusalem city council in June 2016, with tenders to be issued shortly after. As currently occurs with the operational Red Line, the Green Light Rail Line is expected to cross the Green Line - the division between Israeli territory and disputed territory. A 60 million NIS tender has been issued to start infrastructure work and buildings support walls, development, and paving work along the route. The full tender for operation is estimated at 10 billion NIS is in pre-selection phase. Moriah Jerusalem Development CEO Doron Noiwirt stated, "At least three more tenders for the next sections of the Green Line will be issued in 2017". Only two consortia submitted bids for the line's construction after the Alstom-Dan-Electra consortium pulled out. The tender was won in August 2019 by TransJerusalem J-Net Ltd., owned by Shapir Engineering and Spanish rail firm CAF.

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The Green Line - תוכנית אב לתחבורה
{{Urban public transport in Israel Light rail in Israel Jerusalem Light Rail

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