Minister Michaeli: The light rail in Gush Dan will operate on Shabbat - within a year

Michaeli's announcement comes about a month before the elections, and shortly before the opening of the train line in the Tel Aviv area. However, she claimed that "I didn't remember it now" and added that "no government will now take back any decision regarding public transportation on Shabbat"

Kenan Cohen, Tal Shalov and Vicky Adamker

01/10/2022

Saturday, October 01, 2022, 20:49 Updated: 20:55

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In the video: Ayalon Routes made a test drive to MTEV - a hybrid between a light rail and a bus (photo: Ayalon Routes)

Minister of Transportation Merav Michaeli said this evening (Saturday) that the light rail in Gush Dan, which is expected to start operating in November, will also operate on Saturdays within a year.

The Minister of Transportation's announcement comes about a month before the elections, but she claimed that "I didn't remember it now" and added that "no government will now take back any decision regarding public transportation on Shabbat."

"I asked for and received from the Ministry of Transport the meanings for operating the light rail on Shabbat, and I am happy to announce that starting from another year, the light rail in Tel Aviv and the surrounding area will also operate on Shabbat," said Michaeli. According

to

her, public transportation on Shabbat "is something that is in my coalition agreement with Yair Lapid, it is in the work I did in the Ministry of Transportation all year, it is in every faction meeting every week, when I was asked and I said that I am working on it, you know exactly what prevented it, And now it doesn't prevent it.

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