Tel Aviv light rail train undergoes first test run As part of the trial, the train left the Red Line Shacham station at the junction of Jabotinsky and Rabin Streets in Petah Tikva and traveled eastwards. Government-owned company NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System today conducted the first-ever official test run of a train on the Red Line of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area light rail (Dankal). The project has encountered many delays but is scheduled to begin operating in November 2022. As part of the test run, the train left the Shacham station at the junction of Jabotinsky and Rabin Streets in Petah Tikva and traveled eastwards.