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The Jezreel Valley railway, or the Valley Train (Hebrew: רַכֶּבֶת הָעֵמֶק, Rakevet HaEmek ; Arabic: خط سكة حديد حيفا – درعا, romanized: khaṭṭ sikkat ḥadīd Ḥayfa–Dar‘a [1]) was a railroad that existed in Ottoman and British Palestine, reconstituted as a modern railway in Israel in the 21st century.
Israel Railways Ltd. (Hebrew: רַכֶּבֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, Rakevet Yisra'el) is the state-owned principal railway company responsible for all inter-city, commuter, and freight rail transport in Israel. Israel Railways network consists of 1,138 kilometers (707 mi) of track.
In a 2009 report, the United Nations Human Rights Council described the Jerusalem Light Rail as infrastructure servicing Israeli settlements. [71] The following year, the Human Rights Council condemned the decision to operate a tramway between west Jerusalem and Pisgat Ze'ev "in violation of international law" and relevant United Nations ...
Escalators in the central vault. Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon Railway Station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת ירושלים – יצחק נבון, Tahanat HaRakevet Yerushalaim–Yitzhak Navon; Arabic: محطة أورشليم – يتسحاق ناڤون), originally named Jerusalem–HaUma railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal in Jerusalem, located at 6 Shazar Avenue.
Jerusalem railway station may refer to: Jerusalem–Khan railway station , the oldest such station (1892–1998) Jerusalem–Malha railway station (2005–2020)
The Red Line is the first section in operation of the light rail system in Jerusalem, known as the Jerusalem Light Rail.It became fully operational on December 1, 2011. The line is 13.9 kilometers (8.6 mi) long with 23 stops.
The section of the Eastern Railway between the airport and Lod station (which contains a major train maintenance depot) was also electrified. The new railway to Jerusalem was the first heavy rail line in Israel to be electrified and marked the beginning of an overall effort to electrify most of Israel Railways' lines by the mid-2020s.
After its closure in 1948, it was re-opened by Israel Railways in 1949 as the Tel Aviv – Jerusalem railway, [4] although since 2019 this designation is instead used to refer to the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway – an electrified dual-track railway line constructed during the 21st century that employs extensive bridging and tunneling along a ...