Light-Rail Stops Installed on Jerusalem’s Bar-Ilan Street

Light-rail stops were installed on Bar-Ilan Street in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, November 3, as construction continued on the Green Line. The installation adds a visible element of the rail works along the street, but the report did not announce a passenger-service opening. It did not specify the number of stops, their names or a date when passengers would be able to use them. The Green Line forms part of JNET, a Jerusalem light-rail program that combines construction of that line with an extension of the existing Red Line. The government's Infrastructure for Growth 2026 plan describes the Green Line as approximately 20 kilometers long, linking Mount Scopus and Gilo, with branches to Givat Ram, Givat Shaul and Malha. It identifies the Jerusalem Transport Master Plan team as the project's managing body. The same government plan describes the extended Red Line as approximately 21 kilometers long, reaching Neve Yaakov in the north and Hadassah–Ein Kerem hospital in the south. Its table puts the combined JNET construction estimate at NIS 13.75 billion. Those figures describe the wider program in the 2026 plan, rather than a new funding allocation for Tuesday's stop installation.