Jerusalem light rail

Jerusalem's L3 opens after years of delays, turning one light rail line into a network

Jerusalem's new L3 line connects Haturim with Malha, creating the city's first interconnected light rail network after years of construction, disruption and delays.

A light rail car stands at its stop. Jerusalem will open the R3 light rail line on Friday, August 21, 2026.
A light rail car stands at HaTurim station on August 20, 2026.

Grapevine: Condolences to Lion

Jerusalem's new light rail line

Jerusalem's Green Line begins service, expanding light rail network

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters set fire to construction materials during a protest against construction work on the Jerusalem Light Rail in the Bar-Ilan area of Jerusalem, June 8, 2026.

Haredi protesters break into Jerusalem Light Rail construction sites, assault workers


The train to the east

A railway tale that rolls through 100 years of Jewish settlement and pioneering in the Jezreel Valley.

RESTORED CARRIAGES from 1904 at Elroi.

French company reportedly withdraws from Jerusalem Light Rail project

A possible motive is due to the company being majority-owned by French state-owned public corporations – SNCF and RATP, both of whom have come under pressure by labor unions critical of Israel.

The Jerusalem light rail

Police shoot suspicious woman in Jerusalem

She was transferred to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center in moderate condition.

Scene after the shooting of a female suspect in Jerusalem, May 27, 2018

Hundreds join in alternative 'peaceful and tolerant' Jerusalem Day March

“This [march] is the real way to celebrate this city. This city is a city of love, a city of community, a city that is respectful."

The alternative Jerusalem Day March takes place in the city's south, May 13, 2018

Blues for a blue line

Residents of the German Colony are worried about the Emek Refaim segment of the light rail.

Emek Refaim Street today, where it intersects with Rachel Imenu Street

Bringing the synagogue to the stage

The A’irra Shachar concerts feature four styles of bakashot.

Maimon Cohen

Israelis celebrate 'No Pants Day' on Jerusalem's light rail

Israelis braced the chilly Jerusalem winter to strip down and ride the light rail.

Israelis take part in the annual No Pants Day on Jerusalem's Light Rail, January 2018

Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs

Though the light rail’s Blue Line has been approved, the fate of its 1.1-kilometer segment on Emek Refaim Street (pictured) is undecided

The saga of the Blue Line

The Blue Line’s Emek Refaim path was opposed by local residents and businesses owners.

An alternate proposal for a tunnel would save both Mesila Park and Emek Refaim Street from the damage created by the work to build the Blue Line.

Grapevine: Villa Brown arrives

Pop music was blaring loudly, even though the street is on the edge of an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.

Meir Adoni