The first tunnel boring machine of Tel Aviv's light rail Green Line G3-2 section start tunneling on Sunday.

The project, undertaken by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), is expected to complete in 2025 with a 5.7 kilometer-long double-lane tunnel, two access sections, one underground station as well as three underground structures.

3 EPB TBM machines made in China will work. Excavation diameter of TBMs 7.54 meters.

News said 'Li Jiqin, executive general manager of CSCEC International, a subsidiary of CSCEC Group in international business, said the project is CSCEC's another entry into subway construction in developed countries after the United States and Singapore.'

From CSCEC News Center news https://english.cscec.com/CompanyNews/CorporateNews/202212/3612855.html