Electrification, Track
Israel - Tel Aviv
CAF and Shapir – EPC Contractor
06‑2024 - 10‑2027
Ongoing
The Purple Line, delivered as a PPP project, will connect Tel Aviv to the Bikat Ono area (Kiryat Ono, Or Yehuda and Yehud) The project includes the delivery of 64 km of standard-gauge track (1,435 mm) across at-grade, elevated, and underground sections, with 43 new stations planned along the alignment.
Major quantities:
- 128 km of rail installation and encapsulation
- 95,000 twin-block concrete sleepers
- 50,000 m³ of concrete
- Switches, crossings and expansion devices: 83 turnouts, 8 single crossovers, 11 scissor crossovers, 4 diamond crossings, 16 expansion joints.
- 66 km of contact wire on the main line
- 15 km of contact wire at the depot
- 125 km of messenger wire
- over 2,170 cantilevers
- 154 section insulators
