Editing Tel Aviv (section)

===Rail===
{{Main|Tel Aviv Light Rail|Tel Aviv Metro}}

[[File:Tlvgenel002.jpg|thumb|[[Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway station]]]]

The [[Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway station]] is the main railway station of the city, and the second-busiest station in Israel. The city has five additional [[Israel Railways|railway stations]] along the Ayalon Highway: three of them, [[Tel Aviv University railway station|Tel Aviv University]], [[Tel Aviv HaShalom railway station|HaShalom]] (the busiest station in Israel, adjacent to [[Azrieli Center]]) and [[Tel Aviv HaHagana railway station|HaHagana]] (near the [[Tel Aviv central bus station]]), serve Tel Aviv directly, while the remaining two, [[Holon Junction railway station|Holon Junction]] and [[Holon–Wolfson railway station|Holon–Wolfson]], are within Tel Aviv's municipal boundaries but serve the southern suburb of [[Holon]]. It is estimated that over a million&nbsp;passengers travel by rail to Tel Aviv monthly. The trains do not run on Saturday and the principal Jewish festivals (Rosh Hashana (2 days), Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simkhat Torah, Pessach (Passover) first and fifth days and Shavuot (Pentecost)). [[Jaffa railway station]] was the first railway station in the Levant. It served as the terminus for the [[Jaffa–Jerusalem railway]]. The station opened in 1891 and closed in 1948. In 2005–2009, the station was restored and converted into an entertainment and leisure venue marketed as "HaTachana", Hebrew for "the station" (see homepage here:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hatachana.co.il/Home |title=HATACHANA – HOME PAGE |first=Alex |last=Ribin |website=Hatachana.co.il |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-date=27 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327164650/http://hatachana.co.il/Home |url-status=live }}</ref>). The Jaffa–Jerusalem railway also included the Tel Aviv Beit Hadar railway station, which was opened in 1920 and replaced in 1970, and the [[Tel Aviv South railway station]], which was opened in 1970 to replace Beit Hadar and itself closed in 1993. The [[Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal railway station|Bnei Brak railway station]], while located in Bnei Brak's municipal borders, is closer to the Tel Aviv neighborhood of [[Ramat HaHayal]] than to Bnei Brak's city center and was originally called Tel Aviv North.
[[File:Tel_Aviv_Red_Line_LRT_Carriage_Prototype.jpg|thumb|[[Tel Aviv Light Rail]]]]

[[Tel Aviv Light Rail]] is a [[mass transit]] system for the [[Tel Aviv metropolitan area]]. As of 2023, two LRT lines are under construction. Work on the [[Red Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail)|Red Line]], the first in the project, started on September 21, 2011, following years of preparatory works,<ref>{{cite news |author=Barkat |first=Amiram |date=September 20, 2011 |title=Work begins on Tel Aviv light rail |publisher=[[Globes (newspaper)|Globes]] |url=http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000684515&fid=1725 |access-date=April 15, 2012 |archive-date=29 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229075954/http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000684515&fid=1725 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was expected to be completed and opened in late 2022 after numerous delays,<ref name="maariv920">{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Moshe |title=עבודות הרכבת הקלה בתל אביב נכנסות לשלב הסופי |url=https://www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/Article-787911 |trans-title=Red Line Works in Tel Aviv Entering Final Stage |access-date=6 September 2020 |work=[[Maariv (newspaper)|Maariv]] |date=4 October 2020 |language=he |archive-date=17 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017195318/https://www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/Article-787911 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hoffman |first=Carl |date=2016-09-01 |title=The project that could help determine Israel's future |url=https://www.jpost.com/metro/tel-aviv-light-rail-what-a-difference-a-year-makes-466080 |access-date=2021-04-29 |website=The Jerusalem Post  |language=en-US |archive-date=17 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817150406/https://www.jpost.com/Metro/Tel-Aviv-Light-Rail-What-a-difference-a-year-makes-466080 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was finally opened on August 18, 2023, after the opening day was postponed numerous times.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-waited-a-long-time-for-this-tel-aviv-light-rail-sets-off-after-years-of-delays/|title='We waited a long time for this': Tel Aviv light rail sets off after years of delays|publisher=The Times of Israel|date=2023-08-18|accessdate=2023-08-18|archive-date=18 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818122352/https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-waited-a-long-time-for-this-tel-aviv-light-rail-sets-off-after-years-of-delays/|url-status=live}}</ref> Construction of the [[Purple Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail)|Purple Line]] started in December 2018;<ref name="globes-purple">{{cite news |author=Gorodeisky |first=Sonia |date=December 25, 2018 |title=Work begins on second Tel Aviv light rail line |work=[[Globes (newspaper)|Globes]] |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-work-begins-on-second-ta-light-rail-line-1001266293 |access-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409214431/https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-work-begins-on-second-ta-light-rail-line-1001266293 |url-status=live }}</ref> work on the [[Green Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail)|Green Line]] began in 2021 and is scheduled for completion in 2028.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-tel-aviv-light-rail-green-line-completion-delayed-until-2028-1001386574|title=Tel Aviv light rail Green Line completion delayed until 2028|newspaper=Globes|date=7 October 2021|access-date=6 February 2022|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103222248/https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-tel-aviv-light-rail-green-line-completion-delayed-until-2028-1001386574|url-status=live}}</ref> Tel Aviv Metro is a proposed subway system for the [[Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area]]. It will augment the [[Tel Aviv Light Rail]] and [[Israel Railways]] suburban lines and 3 underground metro lines to form a rapid transit transportation solution for the city. Construction is expected to start in 2025, with the first public opening in 2032.<ref name="ynet-2021-update">{{cite news |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hkgkpgqtd |title=מרימים לתחתית: פרויקט המטרו של גוש דן: תמונת מצב |trans-title=Setting up for the underground: Gush Dan metro project: situation report |author=Zagrizak, Asaf |work=[[Ynet]] |date=July 13, 2021 |access-date=July 14, 2021 |language=he |archive-date=11 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011180516/https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hkgkpgqtd |url-status=live }}</ref>