Ashkelon Mass Transit System

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Ashkelon Mass Transit System
Diagram of the system as of May 2025, based on the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety geographic information system and the DataGov website.
Overview
Native nameמערכת להסעת המונים בנפת אשקלון
Statusplanned
LocaleAshkelon Subdistrict
Termini
Connecting lines
  • Tel Aviv Metro Line M1
  • Blue Line of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Mass Transit System (Rishon Lezion–Ness Ziona–Rehovot)
Service
TypeLight rail, Bus rapid transit

The Ashkelon Mass Transit System (Hebrew: המערכת להסעת המונים בנפת אשקלון) is a transit system in the Ashkelon Subdistrict, Israel area, planned for 2040. The planning and execution authority was given to the governmental company Ayalon Highways [Wikidata]. The system planning was held in parallel to a 2017 housing plan of the Ministry of Construction and Housing.[1]

As of May 2025, the system contains 4 main lines – Blue (Ashdod–Yavne–Rehovot), Turquoise (Yavne–Rehovot), Red (Ashdod–Ashkelon) and Orange[a], which is an alternative path derived from the Red. It originally contained 3 secondary lines of which development was frozen – Greenish[b] (Rehovot–Gedera–Gan Yavne–Ashdod) and Brown (Kiryat Malakhi–Ashdod).[2] The system connects to Line M1 of the Tel Aviv Metro in its southern section in Rehovot, and to the Blue Line of Gush Dan (Rehovot–Ness Ziona–Rishon LeZion), and to complementary transport systems such as urban and interurban bus lanes and a proposed network of long-distance bike paths in the subdistrict named "Ofnidarom" (Hebrew: אופנידרום).

The first draft of the system, edited by the Israeli firm Gal Urban Systems Planning, was published in August 2020.[3] According to the Master Plan for the Development of Israel's National Road Network for 2050, published in March 2021, the red and blue lines are classified as light rail lines.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Unlike the Red Line, the Orange Line does not continue to the north of the city of Ashdod. Its northernmost point is the Ashdod central bus station.
  2. ^ Hebrew: ירקרק

References

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  1. ^ נרדי, גיא (23 January 2018). "נפת אשקלון תזכה במגורים, תעסוקה, תחבורה ואיכות חיים" Napat Ashkelon Tizkeh BiMgurim, Ta'asukah, Takhburah VeEichut Chayim [Ashkelon District will gain in housing, employment, transportation, and quality of life]. Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  2. ^ "תוכנית אסטרטגית 2040 להסעת המונים ולתחבורה ציבורית בנפת אשקלון" Tochnit Estrategit 2040 LeHasa'at Hamonim VeLetachburah Tziburit BeNapat Ashkelon [Strategic 2040 Plan for Mass Transit and Public Transportation in the Ashkelon District]. DataGov (in Hebrew). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  3. ^ "תוכנית אסטרטגית 2040 להסעת המונים ולתחבורה ציבורית בנפת אשקלון" Tochnit Estrategit 2040 LeHasa'at Hamonim VeLetachburah Tziburit BeNapat Ashkelon [Strategic 2040 Plan for Mass Transit and Public Transportation in the Ashkelon District] (PDF). www.gov.il (in Hebrew). August 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  4. ^ "תוכנית אסטרטגית לאומית לפיתוח רשת הדרכים הארצית – דו"ח מסכם רשת 2050" Tochnit Estrategit Leumit LePituach Reshet HaDrakhim HaArtzit – Doch Mesakem Reshet 2050 [National Strategic Plan for the Development of the National Road Network – 2050 Network Summary Report] (PDF). Ministry of Transport and Road Safety (in Hebrew). March 2021. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 May 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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