Chinese and Israeli workers building the Tel Aviv light rail system ( Photo: Moti Kimchi ) But above all, the coronavirus epidemic is a Chinese tragedy on both a personal and national level. red, green, pink, yellow, purple, blue, brown and orange lines) in total length of 220km with a total investment of approx. It will augment the Tel Aviv Light Rail and Israel Railways suburban lines to form a rapid transit transportation solution for the city. Among the Chinese tender acquisitions in recent years are Tnuva, Israel’s largest dairy producer, the Carmel tunnels, the Ashdod and Haifa seaports, and Tel Aviv’s light rail..

In May 2015, the China Railway Tunnel Group won a bid of close to NIS 3 billion ($810 million) to help build the long-awaited light rail in Tel Aviv. During his visit to Israel in January, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton referred specifically to … The Tel Aviv Light Rail System in Israel was proposed a total of 8 routes (i.e. 100 billion Shekel (exchange rate 1 USD equivalent to 3.8 Shekel).

China Railway Tunnel Group partnered with Israel’s Sohel Boneh in building Tel Aviv’s light-rail Red line. Among the Chinese tender acquisitions in recent years are Tnuva, Israel’s largest dairy producer, the Carmel tunnels, the Ashdod and Haifa seaports, and Tel Aviv’s light rail. Voices were occasionally raised in some of these talks. Chinese companies are building another Israeli port in Ashdod and a light rail project through the greater Tel Aviv area, which will run a few hundred … The construction of this mass-transit system, which will include four light rail lines and three bus lines, is already underway. The Americans had in mind Chinese activity in Israel at sites like the Haifa and Ashdod ports, the Tel Aviv light rail and the Carmel tunnels. The Tel Aviv Metro is a proposed metro system for the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area.

A Chinese-Israeli joint venture company has been awarded the civil works contract of this project. The government-owned CRRC, China’s largest company in the infrastructure field, will supply rail cars and communications equipment for Tel Aviv’s rail “red” line along with a few smaller Chinese companies. The planned Tel Aviv light rail will take longer, cost more than originally expected. History. We are excited to announce that after much preparation and long anticipation, the Tel Aviv-Yafo metropolis is welcoming a new addition to its varied means of transportation- the light rail.

The partner companies of the joint venture are China Railway Tunnel Group (subsidiary of China Railway Group) and the Solel Boneh Infrastructure (subsidiary of Shikun & Binui Group).