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Posted by orange blossom special on Tue Jan 30 13:26:03 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Israel Railways, posted by Terrapin Station on Tue Jan 30 13:01:31 2007. *There are photos on his website a train at the Jerusalem station.*Noted. I must've missed reading the captions. Was looking for something long distance looking, even though it's not really that far. *I read that too. Now most trains are no longer through - you can to change to get between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and there's a 40 minute layover in the off-peak direction.* that's the exact article I read. *They have an English version of the website.* I've seen it. Maybe I'm picky in what I'm trying to find. I like it when systems give me real maps instead just just a red and blue line. I can't make heads or tails out of their system map to be honest. And when the lines aren't to scale, then my distance and time is off too. *And the Jerusalem LRT. Can't wait till all 3 are up and running. * Duly noted. The Tel Aviv project feels slow to me for some reason. "This means that work on the project is not expected to start before 2008, and after at least five years of intensive construction, the Red Line trains - the first stage of the project - will leave in 2014." Looking for that quick quote, I found this recent thing: Yesterdays News The plan calls for the electrification of 250 kilometers of track, replacing the diesel locomotives now in use The National Infrastructures Committee advised last week that it had approved in principle the Israel Railways (IR) plan to begin electrification of Israel’s rail network. In 2004 it was announced that IR was to electrify 300 route-km within 5 years at an estimated cost of $US350m. Following completion, savings in maintenance and operating expenses of some $US66m annually were projected and eventually it was hoped to have 838 route-km under wires. ... The first section to be wired is that between Tel Aviv and Modi'in (53km), after which the northern main line from Tel Aviv to Binyamina and Akko will be tackled. This is to be followed by the electrification of an entirely new line - not yet started - from Akko to Karmiel, as well as the recently reopened line to Jerusalem. Another new line, that linking Tel Aviv to Rishon, is also to be electrified. |
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