Train service along the Ayalon corridor and Hashalom Station resumed at 5:00 a.m. Sunday morning, after it was stopped as a precaution after a sinkhole opened up on the southbound Ayalon HIghway in Tel Aviv, near the Hashalom Interchange and the Azrieli Towers.
Israel Railways announced that after extensive inspections in the field and consultation with experts, it was decided to resume train service.
Following the road's collapse, five lanes were closed off just before the Hashalom Interchange. The road reopened to traffic shortly before 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning, but the ramp to Hashalom Interchange will remain closed until further notice.
Miraculously, no one was injured in Saturday's incident.
The sinkhole's source appears to be a nearby construction site, and there is concern that additional sinkholes will open up. Professionals from the Netivei Ayalon company were called to the site and began working to fix the road.
