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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 Light rail right of way along Sderot Moshe Dayan near the intersection with Yekutiel Adam, looking north towards Kiryat Hinuch station, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way crossing the intersection of Sderot Moshe Dayan and Yekutiel Adam looking south towards the Yekutiel Adam station, which is just beyond the intersection, June 3, 2010  Yekutiel Adam station, June 3, 2010  Yekutiel Adam station, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way on a bridge parallelling Yekutiel Adam heading towards Pisgat Ze'ev, the Yekutiel Adam station is at the end of the bridge on the left side of the photo, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way on a bridge parallelling Yekutiel Adam heading towards Shuafat, June 3, 2010  On Derech Shuafat, looking north towards Derech Anatot, September 11, 2009  On Derech Shuafat, looking north towards Derech Anatot, September 11, 2009  On Derech Shuafat, looking south towards Yigael Yadin and French Hill Junction, September 11, 2009>  French Hill Junction station, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way looking south from French Hill Junction towards Ammunition Hill, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way along Sderot Bar Lev looking north towards French Hill Junction, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way along Sderot Bar Lev looking south towards Ammunition Hill, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way along Sderot Bar Lev looking south towards Ammunition Hill, June 3, 2010  Light rail right of way along Sderot Bar Lev looking north from the intersection with Sderot Levi Eshkol towards French Hill Junction, June 3, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
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