The "Red Line" of Jerusalem's light rail will resume near-complete operation on Sunday, August 31, Cfir, the company that runs the light rail, announced on Saturday.
The HaTurim Light Rail Station will remain under construction while the rest of the line resumes, Cfir added.
Sections of the Red Line, which runs from the Neveh Ya’acov neighborhood on the north end of the city to Hadassah-University Medical Center in Ein Kerem, have been out of operation since the end of May due to the construction of new light rail lines in the capital city.
Two and a half weeks ago, Cfir announced that it would be starting trial runs along the closed section between Givat Hamivtar and the Central Station to prepare for the reopening of the line.
New 'Green Line'
With the "Red Line" reopening, and the new "Green Line," which will, when completed, connect Gilo to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Mount Scopus campus and Malcha to central Jerusalem through the HaTurim station, Jerusalem will be the first city in Israel to have a proper network of interconnected light rails.
Shir Perets contributed to this report.