Israel Railway stations in Tel Aviv will close for five days in March in order to facilitate construction on the city’s new Light Rail line being built by NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd.
Huge tunnel-digging machines for the route that passes under the regular railway lines, possibly destabilizing the ground, officials explained. The trains will resume their normal schedules after the tunnel-diggers complete their work and Israel Railways carries out any necessary repairs to the tracks in the area.
“Joint work with NTA is taking place in order to discern the exact volume of work and timing,” Israel Railways said in a statement. “Israel Railways and the Ministry of Transportation are acting to reduce the effect on passenger traffic, and to provide alternative solutions.”
The work is to begin after the Jewish holiday of Purim.