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28-723: Matcal Tower is a 17-floor high-rise building at Camp Rabin military base in the HaKirya quarter of Tel Aviv , Israel . The tower was originally planned to include only 14 floors and no helipad. It houses the headquarters of the Israel Ministry of Defense and offices of the IDF General Staff (Matcal in Hebrew ). It was built in 2003, and is located close to another IDF building, the Marganit Tower , across

56-514: A prison camp for Germans. After the war, the German prisoners were deported, mostly to Australia , and Sarona became a British military and police base. The base was the site of the first-ever unconcealed Haganah attack on a British installation. The base was taken over by the Haganah on December 16, 1947, and renamed Camp Yehoshua after Yehoshua Globerman  [ he ] (1905–1947), who

84-548: A test run of the red line began in Petah Tikva. The second or Green Line , in the tender phase, is a 39 kilometres (24 mi) with 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) of them underground. It will have 62 stops that would run from the west of Rishon LeZion northwards through Holon through central Tel Aviv splitting into two branches: one to Herzliya in the north and the other one to Ramat HaHayal neighborhood in Tel Aviv in

112-550: Is a mass transit system for Gush Dan , the Tel Aviv metropolitan area in central Israel . The system will include different modes of mass transit, including rapid transit (metro), light rail transit (LRT), and bus rapid transit (BRT). Overseen by NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd., a government agency, the project will complement the intercity and suburban rail network operated by Israel Railways . As of 2023, two LRT lines are under construction and one available to

140-583: The Keren HaKirya mixed-use complex , composed of 80 and 50-storey commercial towers, two 45-storey residential towers, on a base consisting of a two-storey retail mall, at the intersection of Menachem Begin and Shaul HaMelech Boulevards. Hakirya Bridge, a pedestrian bridge above Begin Road , connects the district to the Azrieli Center , a landmark high-rise commercial complex in Tel Aviv located to

168-477: The Brown Line were retained, however, no date for start of construction has been announced. The Brown Line is a planned BRT line that will serve the southern metropolitan area. Starting at Moshe Dayan Railway Station in western Rishon LeZion , it will continue east via central Rishon LeZion, bypassing Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center , until Ramle , where it splits into two branches: one continues to Lod in

196-474: The M1 metro line. [REDACTED] The rapid transit plan for Gush Dan, conceived and approved in 2016, called for three underground metro lines, centered on Tel Aviv: a north–south line (M1), an east–west line (M2), and a circular line (M3). The lines are currently undergoing an individual approval process. Most BRT lines planned for Gush Dan were cancelled in 2016 and replaced with metro lines. Only plans for

224-669: The Purple Line began in December 2018. Red Line is in service; Green and Purple lines are under construction. When complete, they will cover a network of 85 kilometres (53 mi). 12 km (7.5 mi) of the 24 kilometres (15 mi) Red Line was built underground, with the remaining overground segment constructed as a light rail/tram. It has 34 stops, 10 of which are underground, with an average distance of about 1000 meters between underground stops and of about 500 metres between overground stops. The line runs from Bat Yam in

252-1273: The completion of the Red Line tunnels. The preparations for the construction of this line begun in February 2017 in Ibn Gabirol street in Tel Aviv. The third, or Purple Line , is envisaged as a 27 kilometres (17 mi) line with 43 stops and will connect Sheba Hospital through Giv'at Shmuel and Kiryat Ono , and will connect Arlozorov in Tel Aviv to Yehud and Or Yehuda through Ramat Gan . This line will be over-ground for its entire route. This line would have begun in Kfar Saba then continued on to Hod Hasharon , Herzliya , Ramat Hasharon on Sokolov Street, before joining Ben-Gurion Street in Ramat Gan , then Yitzhak Rabin Street in Givataim , then Moshe Dayan Street in Tel Aviv , Mikveh Israel , it would end in Holon after crossing Ariel Sharon Park . Parts of it were superseded by

280-499: The current Red Line, was planned in 1921 by Pinhas Rutenberg . An attempt to build the line in 1924-5 was unsuccessful. A subway system was first planned in the mid-1960s but a station at the Shalom Meir Tower was all that was completed of the project, with no rails laid. In 2000, the plan for a subway was changed to one for light rail, and more plausible plans for a mass transit system in Tel Aviv were unveiled. After

308-579: The east. Another pedestrian bridge connects the Azrieli Center with HaShalom railway station , which is also accessible at street level via Giva'at HaTahmoshet Street/HaShalom Road (an extension of Kaplan Street). There are two underground stations below Begin St. on the Red Line light rail line, one station nearby Shaul HaMelech and Moses Streets in the north of the district and one near Yehudit St. in

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336-666: The entire former Sarona colony were concentrated outside the military base in the Kirya Tower , which was completed in 2005 in the southern part of the Kirya. In 2012, there were reports that the IDF headquarters or parts of it would be moved to Jerusalem, or to the Negev , the Galilee and the city of Lod , while retaining the more recently built IDF facilities of the Kirya. In 2012, it

364-738: The first Red Line spanning 22 kilometres (14 mi) was approved, excavation began in late 2009, with construction of the underground stations starting in August 2015. The Red Line became operational on August 18, 2023. In December 2006, the MTS group was awarded a BOT contract for the Red Line of the light rail, by which they are to build and operate the line for its first 32 years. MTS consisted of Africa Israel , Siemens (Germany), Egged , China Civil Engineering Construction (China), Soares da Costa (Portugal), and HTM (Netherlands). After many years of delays due to MTS financing issues, in December 2010

392-517: The first IDF bases and has served as the IDF's headquarters since its founding in 1948. The base serves mainly command, administrative, communications, and support functions. Much of the Kirya today is located on the lands of Sarona , a Templer settlement founded in the 19th century. Sarona was an agricultural colony, and kept this nature despite the expansion of Tel Aviv and attempts by the city to buy some of Sarona's lands. In World War II , British forces took control of Sarona and converted it into

420-578: The government revoked MTS's concession and nationalized the project, putting it under the authority of NTA, the government agency which was in charge of overseeing the overall development of the rapid transit system in Gush Dan. Construction on the Red Line began in August 2015. It opened on August 18, 2023. The preparations for the construction of the Green Line started on February 5, 2017, on Ibn Gabirol Street in Tel Aviv. Infrastructure works for

448-531: The headquarters of the Sherut Avir (later Israeli Air Force ) and the Kiryati Brigade . The Givati Brigade was also founded at the base. Over the years, the military base's land area has been decreasing due to the high land value and sale to private companies. In 2009, Camp Rabin was the base with the largest number of regular soldiers. Many of the civilian government offices once spread over

476-577: The headquarters of the IDF's General Staff . There are plans to relocate parts of the northern section (military base), including the dining hall, in favor of the Tel Aviv Light Rail and private development. Plans also exist to build five new towers inside the base, including new structures for the Military Intelligence Directorate and Navy . In August 2013, The Tel Aviv Local Committee approved plans for

504-577: The metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, Gush Dan , and "easy" ("kal", Hebrew : קל ). The first proposals for a tramway in the area were made by the Lebanese engineer George Franjieh in November 1892, about nine weeks after the inauguration of the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway . The plan called for a main line between southern and northeastern Jaffa , with spurs to the harbor and the eastern orchards. The plan

532-612: The northeast and the second continues to eastern Ramle in the east. There is a possibility of making it a light rail line eventually. The Blue Line is the first BRT line not to pass via Tel Aviv. The line will begin in Bilu Junction near Rehovot and continues to HaRishonim Railway Station in Rishon LeZion via Ness Ziona and will end at the Holon junction. This line is expected to open in 2027 or 2028. The Pink Line

560-486: The northeast. Only its central Tel Aviv segment, four of the 62 stations, will be underground, from Levinski Street through Ibn Gabirol Street until the Yarkon River . The expected annual passenger forecast is 65 million. NTA is including the design and boring of the Green Line's tunnels as part of Red Line's tunnels overall contract so that work on the Green Line's underground portion can commence immediately following

588-583: The public. Work on the Red Line , the first in the project, started on September 21, 2011, following years of preparatory works, and was opened on August 18, 2023, after numerous delays. Construction of the Purple Line started in December 2018; work on the Green Line began in January 2019. The network was originally planned to be called "MetroTLV" but was changed to "Dankal". The name comes from

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616-533: The road from the civilian Azrieli Center . The tower and the Azrieli Bridge connecting the base with the Azrieli Center were designed by Moore Yaski Sivan Architects . HaKirya HaKirya contains the Tel Aviv District 's government center and the major Israel Defense Forces (IDF) base Camp Rabin ( Hebrew : מַחֲנֶה רַבִּין , Mahaneh Rabin ), named for Yitzhak Rabin . It was one of

644-427: The southern part of it. 32°4′29.25″N 34°47′16.62″E  /  32.0747917°N 34.7879500°E  / 32.0747917; 34.7879500 Tel Aviv Light Rail The Tel Aviv Light Rail ( Hebrew : הרכבת הקלה בתל אביב , Romanized: Ha'rakēvet Ha'kalā Be'Tel Avīv , Arabic : قطار تل أبيب الخفيف , Romanized: Qītar Tall ʾAbīb Al-khāfifa ), also known as Dankal ( Hebrew : דנקל , Arabic : دانكال )

672-938: The southwest, through Jaffa and central Tel Aviv, including at Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway station , and carries on to Petah Tikva , through Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak . An extension to Rishon LeZion is planned. It has been forecast that by 70 million passengers would be using this line annually. Stations (underground in italics ): HaKomemiyut, He'Amal, Kaf Tet BeNovember, Yoseftal, Binyamin, Balfour, Jabotinsky, Rothschild, Ha'Atsma'ut, Mahrozet, HaBesht, Isakov, Ehrlich, Bloomfield Stadium, Shalma (Salame), Elifelet , Allenby , Carlebach , Yehudit , Sha'ul HaMelekh , Arlosoroff , Abba Hillel , Bialik , Ben-Gurion , Aharonovich . From Aharonovich, one branch continues to Shenkar, Shaham, Beilinson, Dankner, Krol, Pinsker, Petah Tikva Central Bus Station (Terminal); another continues to Em HaMoshavot Bridge and Kiryat Arye. The work on Allenby station began on February 8, 2015. In May 2021,

700-523: Was considered uneconomical and was shelved. A later plan called for a light railway from Jaffa to the nearby towns of Rishon LeZion , Petah Tikva and Wilhelma . A Decauville light railway was built in Jaffa and Tel Aviv in World War I , connecting the port with the Yarkon River . It was used for about a decade after the war, and dismantled at a later date. A light rail line, with a route similar to

728-502: Was killed near Latrun while returning from a mission to Jerusalem . It was the first independent Jewish military base in modern history. The base was dubbed HaKirya because it contained the government offices in Tel Aviv, the provisional capital of Israel at the time, until Jerusalem was secured and declared the capital. The Haganah and then Israel Defense Forces also used the Templer buildings as their first headquarters, including

756-466: Was planned to serve the northern metropolitan area, beginning in northeastern Kfar Saba and continuing through its main streets until crossing Highway 4 to Ra'anana, continuing through Ahuza Street until western Ra'anana, and continuing to Herzliya and crossing it until the Marina area, where it would have terminated. This line was superseded by the M1 and M3 metro lines. The Orange Line would have been

784-581: Was speculated that HaKirya could be targeted by enemy GPS-guided missiles, in particular the M-300 missiles installed in Syria. The Kirya today consists of a northern section, used for the military base, and the southern one, a business district which includes the Kirya Tower . These sections are separated by Kaplan Street . The military base is home to the Matcal Tower and Marganit Tower , and serves as

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