Half a year after the opening of the red line, the number of passengers is only about a third of the predictions. The project, which cost the state more than NIS 18.7 billion, currently transports only about 70,000 people a day.
The industry identifies several main causes of failure: slow on the overhead part of the line, and a lack of bus lines that will feed the line with passengers. The NTA and the Ministry of Transportation are currently examining what caused the drop.