Current Status
Right to 2010, only the Red Line has been under construction, but the construction which has been completed and is in progress is only infrastructural. The construction has been finished on some portions of the overground phase of the line and the underground phase hasn't been started yet. The advanced phases of construction are two years late as the owner of the line, MTS, has had financial difficulties and postponed some of the portions. The Israeli government wants to deny the ownership to MTS due to the postponements and construct the line on its own.
The Israeli government plans to construct the Red Line, Green Line and Purple Line simultaneously in order to close the gap which created by MTS. Furthermore, Bombardier Transportation has offered to receive the ownership from MTS and offers to use the Flexity 2 rolling stock to the lines. No decision has been made yet.
The NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd. has published a tender for 90 carriages, with the option of buying 30 more. NTA will begin reviewing bids from companies starting June 2013.
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