Jerusalem's first light rail line is currently under construction. At the present time (June 2010), the contract for the consortium constructing the line calls for the line to be operational by April 2011. Currently, one line, designated as Line 1, is under construction; other lines are in the planning stages. Line 1 will operate along Herzl Boulevard in the southwestern part of the city from Mount Herzl and Yad Vashem towards the Central Bus Station. It will then cross the Chords Bridge and proceed down Derech Yafo (the Jaffa Road) towards the northwest corner of the Old City. It will then head eastward along the Old City Wall, past the Damascus Gate, before turning north along Hayim Barlev Boulevard towards Pisgat Ze'ev. Although the line is not scheduled to open until 2011, the Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs that will operate on the line were delivered to the Port of Ashdod starting in late 2007 and are currently stored at the French Hill Depot site. These vehicles have been designed to meet Israeli security standards.
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 End of the tail tracks north of Heil HaAvir station in Pisgat Ze'ev, there are preliminary plans to extend the line further north to Neve Yaakov, June 3, 2010  Tail tracks north of Heil HaAvir station in Pisgat Ze'ev, there are preliminary plans to extend the line further north to Neve Yaakov, June 3, 2010  Heil HaAvir station, this is the northern end of the line, June 3, 2010  Heil HaAvir station, this is the northern end of the line, June 3, 2010  Heil HaAvir station, this is the northern end of the line, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way in the median of Sderot Moshe Dayan in Pisgat Ze'ev, just north of the Sderot Duchifat station, looking north towards Heil HaAvir station, June 3, 2010  Sderot Duchifat station, June 3, 2010  Sderot Duchifat station, June 3, 2010  Sderot Duchifat station, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way along Sderot Moshe Dayan south of Sderot Duchifat looking north towards Sderot Duchifat station, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way along Sderot Moshe Dayan south of Sderot Duchifat looking south towards Kiryat Hinuch station, the Pisgat Ze'ev Mall is seen to the right of Sderot Moshe Dayan, June 3, 2010  Kiryat Hinuch station, June 3, 2010  Kiryat Hinuch station, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way along Sderot Moshe Dayan at the intersection with Rachmilevich, looking south towards Yekutiel Adam station, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way along Sderot Moshe Dayan at the intersection with Rachmilevich, looking south towards Yekutiel Adam station, June 3, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
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