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Posted by blue streak 1 on Thursday, February 23, 2017 7:26 PM

Tel Aviv is started boring its red line work   Using 8 TBMs.  4 MONTHS EARLY ! !  How do they do it?.  Would be 4 years late in this country.    DAVE ?   Only Seattle seems to be on schedule in this country !

http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/metros/tunnelling-starts-on-tel-aviv-red-line.html?channel=525

 

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Posted by daveklepper on Saturday, February 25, 2017 1:44 PM

Four months early because of efficient work by the contractors.  But only after years of delay by politicians.

 

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Posted by joe323 on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 7:05 PM

Quite a difference I remember how long it took to build that boondoggle known as the central bus station in Tel Aviv

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Friday, December 14, 2018 9:10 PM

Isreal announces major expansion of 3 Tel aviv  light rail lines.

https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/metros/israel-announces-three-line-tel-aviv-metro-network/ 

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