Israel Railways

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Israel Railways Ltd. (Template:Langx, 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 Script error: No such module "convert". of track. All its lines are standard gauge but some were originally built to other gauges and later regauged. Electrification began in 2018 with the new line to Jerusalem and there are plans to electrify the entire network at 25 kV 50 Hz supplied via overhead line. The network is centered in Israel's densely populated coastal plain, from which lines radiate out in many directions. In 2018, Israel Railways carried 68 million passengers.

Unlike road vehicles and city trams, Israeli heavy rail trains run on the left hand tracks, matching neighboring Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries, whose formerly connected rail networks were constructed by British engineers. Those lines that formerly crossed Israel's borders were severed during the 1948 Palestine war and Template:Asof there are no international train lines or services to or from Israel.

Until 1980, the company's head office was located at Haifa Center HaShmona railway station. Tzvi Tzafriri, the general manager of Israel Railways, decided to move the head office to Tel Aviv–Savidor Center railway station. In 2017, the company's head office was moved to a new campus built on the grounds of the Lod railway station.

Stations

There are 66 stations on the Israel Railways network, with almost all of the stations being accessible to disabled persons, with public announcement and passenger information systems, vending machines and parking.

File:114237 dimona train PikiWiki Israel.jpg
Dimona train station, 1970

Bicycle policy

Bicycles are permitted on trains in designated coaches.

Israel Railways encourages people to use bicycles by building a double-deck parking for bicycles in every railway station and by allowing people to take bicycles with them on trains to minimise the need for private cars.

Smoking

In Israel, smoking is prohibited in public enclosed places and in commercial areas. Although smoking in railway stations is allowed in designated areas, the sale of tobacco from automated vending machines is prohibited.

List of stations

Template:Israel Railways routemap

Station Passengers City District
2019[1] 2020[2] 2021[3] 2022[4]
Template:Rws 3,076,039 1,241,173 1,915,761 2,529,474 Nahariya Northern
Akko (Acre) 2,043,343 732,180 1,067,444 1,471,117 Acre
Template:Rws 776,477 268,214 495,069 722,153 Afula
Template:Rws 442,417 162,902 295,790 427,176 Beit She'an
Template:Rws 259,977 85,531 138,467 210,073 Kfar Baruch
Template:Rws 339,789 122,210 224,054 327,172 Kfar Yehoshua
Template:Rws 276,018 102,243 148,278 199,027 Ahihud
Template:Rws 1,923,674 675,621 1,119,308 1,468,695 Karmiel
Template:Rws 2,376,278 844,709 1,317,716 1,766,157 Kiryat Motzkin/Haifa Haifa
Template:Rws 480,814 171,289 257,428 350,175 Haifa
Template:Rws 626,017 245,094 419,471 567,226
Template:Rws 2,984,821 1,113,062 1,642,487 2,774,923
Template:Rws 2,242,279 773,862 1,066,835 1,662,346
Template:Rws 2,282,213 874,919 1,480,565 1,906,404
Template:Rws 4,648,766 1,630,110 2,425,278 3,304,744
Template:Rws 363,614 143,931 254,038 346,930 Atlit
Template:Rws 3,336,093 1,206,294 1,954,827 2,659,029 Binyamina-Giv'at Ada
Template:Rws 1,339,506 477,264 749,923 998,446 Pardes Hanna-Karkur/Caesarea
Template:Rws 2,430,825 879,112 1,424,860 1,990,340 Hadera
Template:Rws 3,563,026 1,212,729 1,596,659 2,508,795 Netanya Central
Template:Rws 1,155,205 407,584 630,966 958,546
Template:Rws 2,056,937 675,390 1,052,922 1,469,031 Beit Yehoshua
Template:Rws 3,004,648 1,008,077 1,795,033 3,287,493 Herzliya Tel Aviv
Template:Rws 265,006 58,882 120,302 379,791 Ra'anana/Herzliya Central
Template:Rws 233,114 50,494 68,938 149,799 Ra'anana/Kfar Saba
Template:Rws 926,654 185,951 247,703 513,615 Hod HaSharon/Kfar Saba
Template:Rws 1,373,963 286,105 398,644 817,390
Template:Rws 1,573,945 475,460 519,834 1,111,224 Rosh HaAyin
Template:Rws 905,440 237,701 221,772 477,782 Petah Tikva
Template:Rws 1,943,818 528,942 477,782 1,145,391
Template:Rws 1,271,141 320,820 282,841 604,381 Bnei Brak Tel Aviv
Template:Rws 6,499,857 1,883,810 3,132,561 4,931,804 Tel Aviv
Template:Rws 13,426,398 4,980,537 6,476,362 9,384,612 Tel Aviv/Ramat Gan
Template:Rws 15,352,944 5,635,092 8,425,111 13,220,102 Tel Aviv
Template:Rws 6,596,080 2,516,573 3,659,147 5,309,215
Template:Rws 629,715 182,892 162,413 376,879 Holon/Tel Aviv
Template:Rws 823,403 281,062 256,297 615,392
Template:Rws 1,810,003 584,714 685,830 1,199,082 Holon/Bat Yam
Template:Rws 934,648 288,396 274,700 611,642
Template:Rws 4,383,073 788,867 881,276 2,948,403 Ben Gurion Airport (unincorporated area) Central
Template:Rws 416,411 163,848 267,515 393,541 Kfar Chabad
Template:Rws 525,198 215,892 305,990 386,895 Lod
Template:Rws 2,489,889 965,369 1,283,229 1,735,282
Template:Rws 861,166 336,700 452,460 668,712 Ramla
Template:Rws 391,832 120,963 225,461 515,597 Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
Template:Rws 1,711,198 594,652 957,050 1,762,050
Template:Rws 930,014 316,171 482,584 629,960 Beit Shemesh Jerusalem
Template:Rws 2,674,840 1,651,659 3,598,443 6,536,393 Jerusalem
Template:Rws
(closed from March 2020)		 26,445 1,403 — —
Template:Rws
(closed from March 2020)		 115,118 17,744 — —
Template:Rws 2,217,849 596,198 670,612 1,296,274 Rishon LeZion Central
Template:Rws 360,136 111,024 137,386 36,809
Template:Rws 777,819 294,761 444,211 569,267 Be'er Ya'akov
Template:Rws 3,855,766 1,395,040 1,654,749 2,199,938 Rehovot
Template:Rws 1,465,638 483,214 647,974 1,188,447 Yavne
Template:Rws 470,468 154,927 169,294 284,367
Template:Rws 243,989 177,890 315,499 457,064 Mazkeret Batya
Template:Rws 3,765,864 1,273,176 1,590,702 2,727,842 Ashdod Southern
Template:Rws 3,005,131 1,026,198 1,220,611 2,290,614 Ashkelon
Template:Rws 1,025,670 359,793 398,278 635,242 Sderot
Template:Rws 970,450 382,667 480,892 710,581 Netivot
Template:Rws 864,528 331,842 415,333 575,277 Ofakim
Template:Rws 360,569 135,497 233,242 320,860 Kfar Menahem
Template:Rws 1,175,058 479,342 714,533 1,018,644 Kiryat Gat
Template:Rws 438,867 158,862 246,747 316,435 Lehavim/Rahat
Template:Rws 2,308,782 890,926 1,244,946 1,822,170 Beersheba
Template:Rws 3,562,792 1,331,920 2,030,811 2,650,516
Template:Rws 14,745 5,278 7,969 6,397 Dimona

Lines

File:Israel Railways Map (en).png
Schematic diagram of Israel Railways passenger services
File:Israeli-Palestinian Railways.svg
Regional map of past and present railway lines

Israel Railways currently operates 15 passenger service lines.[5] These can be broadly subdivided into inter-city lines, which connect two or more of Israel's major metropolitan centres (Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, and Beersheba), usually skipping some of the intermediate stations, and commuter lines, centered on one metropolitan area and serving all stations on the line. However, Israel Railways no longer officially uses this classification.

Some services were partially or fully suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and electrification works.

Inter-city lines

Corridor Service Terminus (start) Intermediate stops Terminus (end) Infrastructure
Haifa–
Tel Aviv–
Beersheba 		Nahariya–Beersheba
(partially commuter) ‡ 		Nahariya Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Be'er Sheva–Center Coastal railway
Ayalon railway
Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
South railway
Karmiel–Beersheba ‡ Karmiel Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Karmiel–Acre railway
Coastal railway
Ayalon railway
Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
South railway
Haifa–
Tel Aviv 		Nahariya–Modi'in
(partially commuter) ‡ 		Template:Rws Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Template:Rws Coastal railway
Ayalon railway
Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
Anava–Modi'in railway
Nahariya–Ben Gurion Airport
(night train) 		Nahariya Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Template:Rws Coastal railway
Ayalon railway
Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
Tel Aviv–
Jerusalem 		Herzliya–Jerusalem † Herzliya Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon Coastal railway
Ayalon railway
Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
Tel Aviv–
Jerusalem 		Tel Aviv–Jerusalem
(night train) † 		Tel Aviv–Savidor Center Template:Rws Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon
(closed Wednesdays for maintenance) 		Ayalon railway
Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
Tel Aviv–
Beersheba 		Tel Aviv–Beersheba
(night train, suspended) ‡ 		Tel Aviv–Savidor Center Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Be'er Sheva–Center Ayalon railway
Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
South railway

Commuter lines

Metropolitan core Service Terminus (start) Intermediate stops Terminus (end) Infrastructure
Haifa Nahariya–Binyamina
(inter-city connection) 		Nahariya Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Binyamina
inter-city to Modi'in → 		Coastal railway
Karmiel–Haifa Karmiel Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Haifa–Hof HaCarmel Karmiel–Acre railway
Coastal railway
Beit She'an–Atlit Beit She'an Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Atlit Jezreel Valley railway
Coastal railway
Tel Aviv Binyamina–Ashkelon
(commuter connection) † 		Binyamina Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Ashkelon
commuter to Beersheba → 		Coastal railway
Ayalon railway
Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
Lod–Ashkelon railway
Herzliya–Ashkelon † Herzliya Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Ashkelon Sharon railway
Eastern railway
Yarkon railway
Ayalon railway
Tel Aviv–Bnei Darom railway
Lod–Ashkelon railway
Netanya–Beit Shemesh ‡ Netanya Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Beit Shemesh Coastal railway
Ayalon railway
Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
Netanya–Rehovot † Netanya Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Rehovot Coastal railway
Ayalon railway
Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
Tel Aviv–Modi'in
(inter-city connection) 		Tel Aviv–University
← inter-city to Nahariya 		Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Modi'in–Center Ayalon railway
Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
Anava–Modi'in railway
Lod–Rishon LeZion Lod–Rishon LeZion Lod – Rishon LeZion–HaRishonim Lod–Ashkelon railway
Jerusalem Beit Shemesh–Jerusalem (suspended) Beit Shemesh Biblical Zoo Jerusalem–Malha Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
Modi'in–Jerusalem † Modi'in–Center Paatei Modi'in Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
Anava–Modi'in railway
Beersheba Lod–Beersheba
(inter-city connection) ‡ 		Lod
← inter-city to Nahariya 		Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Be'er Sheva–Center Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
South railway
Ashkelon–Beersheba
(commuter connection) ‡ 		Ashkelon
← commuter to Binyamina 		Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Ashkelon–Beersheba railway
Ashkelon–Beersheba ‡ Ashkelon Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Ashkelon–Beersheba railway
Beersheba–Dimona Be'er Sheva–North – Dimona Beersheba–Dimona railway

† Fully electrified line
‡ Line electrification in progress

Future

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".

Electrification

Since the opening of the fully-electrified Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Airport–Jerusalem railway line in 2018, work has been underway to electrify the passenger rail network with overhead 25 kV 50 Hz AC electrification. In 2024, Israel Railways estimated that work was 70% complete, with full electrification officially scheduled for 2027.[6]

Network expansion

Due to increasing demand, Israel Railways is pursuing expansion to its infrastructure network.

The Script error: No such module "convert". long Eastern Railway, which will connect Hadera to Kfar Saba in parallel to the Coastal Railway, began construction in 2019 and is scheduled to open in 2027.[7] This line follows the disused route of the Ottoman-period Tulkarm–Lydda railroad, which was abandoned in 1968, and will allow freight and passenger trains to bypass the congested Hadera–Herzliya corridor.[7]

The Script error: No such module "convert". Rishon LeZion–Modi'in Railway also began construction in 2019, with opening planned in 2026.[8] This line will create an east-west link south of Tel Aviv, crossing the Tel Aviv–Ashkelon, Tel Aviv–Beersheba and Tel Aviv–Jerusalem rail corridors.

Since 2019, work is underway to quadruple the Script error: No such module "convert". section of the Ayalon Railway from Tel Aviv Center to Tel Aviv HaHagana, which forms a critical bottleneck for the entire rail network. Upon completion, this project will nearly double the capacity of the corridor, allowing a significant increase in train frequency across the network.[9] Completion is scheduled for 2028.[10]

Plans and proposals

A Script error: No such module "convert". line from the city of Acre, on the Mediterranean coast, to Karmiel was completed in March 2017. However, this tract bypasses Acre and does not make a stop there; it is planned to be extended north to the north-eastern town of Qiryat Shemona, with future stations also planned for Jadeidi-Makr and Majd al-Krum, though there is no timetable for construction. This line will be fully electrified.[11][12]

There were plans to build a high-speed railway to Eilat but in 2019 the project was frozen indefinitely.[13]

In 2011 the reconstruction and expansion of the Script error: No such module "convert". long, formerly abandoned Jezreel Valley railway line connecting Haifa and Beit Shean (near the Jordanian border) started. This was completed in 2016. There has been talk of further extending the line to Irbid, in Jordan (to allow a direct freight connection from Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea); however, no decision has yet been made on this matter. Another proposed extension under discussion would connect the reconstructed Jezreel Valley railway at Afula to Tiberias.[14]

In May 2017, an extension of the railway from Arad via Kuseife was approved. The line would connect to the existing Beersheba–Dimona rail line at the proposed new station at Nevatim.[15]

Rolling stock

Israel Railways currently owns a total of 193 locomotives, 717 passenger cars, and 110 MU trainsets.

Current

Locomotives

Class Image Type Top speed Number Remarks Built Entered service[16]
mph km/h
EMD G12 File:Haifa, Israel Railway Museum IMG 6204.JPG Diesel-Electric locomotive 10 Bo-Bo.[17] Israel imported 23 from EMD 1954–62 and captured four more from Egyptian National Railways in the 1967 Six-Day War. Some have been withdrawn and one (No. 107) is now in the Israel Railway Museum in Haifa.[18] No. 106 was withdrawn after sabotage. Nos. 119 & 123 withdrawn after incidents. No. 130 never in service due to Six-Day War. 1954–62 1961
EMD G26 File:G26-Lod-11-08-06.jpg 14 [19] 1971–82 1971
EMD GT26CW-2 File:GT26CW2-IR701.jpg 13 Number 701 is an original EMD unit delivered in 1989. In the mid-2010s Israel Railways purchased thirteen units from NRE which were completely rebuilt by TŽV Gredelj from 11 Croatian Railways HŽ series 2063 GT26 units plus 2 new frames and designated as NGT26CW-3 variants. They were delivered to Israel Railways between August 2015 and December 2017 and numbered 710–722. 1989, 2015–17 2015
Alstom Prima JT 42CW File:708-709-115.jpg 68 110 7 Series 702–709. EMD prime mover. 1996 1997
Alstom Prima JT 42BW File:Diesel Locomotive Alstom Heifa.jpg 87 140 48 Series 731–778. EMD prime mover. 1996–2006 1997
Vossloh Euro 3200 File:קטר של רכבת ישראל המצוייד במערכת האינדונזי 2014-05-11 18-57.jpeg 100 160 24 Series 1301–1324. With modifications capable of 200 km/h. EMD prime mover. 2011–13 2015
Vossloh Euro 4000 File:Euro 4000 Israel Railways.JPG 80 130 14 Series 1401–1414. EMD prime mover. 2011 2014
Bombardier TRAXX P160 AC3 File:TRAXX P160 AC3 Jerusalem.jpg Electric locomotive 100 160 63 (32 options)[11] Ordered in 2015.[11] 25 kV 50 Hz AC operation. 6 MW electric output. Initial delivery began in 2017. 2017 2018

Multiple Units

Class Image Type Top speed Number Remarks Built
mph km/h
Siemens Desiro HC File:Siemens Desiro HC Israel Jerusalem 3.jpg EMU 100 160 ~60 sets (330 cars) Siemens won tender in September 2017.[20][21] Tender called for two basic double-deck sets: 15 short (composed of 4 cars) and 45 long (6 cars). First delivery, consisting of three sets, took place in November 2020. 2019

Carriages

Israel Railways owns a total of 717 passenger cars.

Class Image Type Top speed Number Remarks Built
mph km/h
Bombardier Double-deck Coach File:Lod-Station26-08-07.jpg double deck push-pull (DDPP)[22] 100 160 24 Driving- and generator trailer (PC-103) series 401–424. Two trailers out of operation[23] 2001–04
68 Coaches (TC-101) series 425–490. Four trailers out of operation[23] 2001–04
7 Driving- and generator trailer (PC-103) series 501–507.[23] 2005–06
18 Coaches (TC-101) series 521–538.[23] 2005–06
82 Coaches (TC-101) series 2201–2394.[23] 2005–06
Siemens Viaggio Light File:Siemens Viaggio Light train to Nahariya at Tel Aviv University train station (1).jpg single deck push-pull[24][25] 87 Three types: standard coach (901-953[26]), standard coach with wheelchair accessible toilets (825-849[26]) and DVT with diesel generator (801-814[26]).[27] First stock in service on 8 March 2009[28] 2008
single deck push-pull[29] 31 2011
Bombardier Double-deck Coach File:DD entering Haifa Bat-Galim.jpg double deck push-pull[30] 78 Further coaches were ordered from Bombardier in 2010. 2011
72 Ordered in 2012 and delivered from the end of March 2014. Similar in overall appearance to previous DDPP sets but capable of higher speeds and advanced safety measures (although previous Bombardier DDPP sets were later upgraded to these standards). First rolling stock capable of operating on Israel Railways' 25 kV 50 Hz electrified lines. 2014
93 Twindexx. Similar in overall appearance to previous DDPP sets. Sixty Ordered in 2016 and a further 33 in mid-2017. 2018
48 Twindexx. Similar in overall appearance to previous DDPP sets. Electric operation only (no diesel generator installed in control car). Ordered in late 2017. 2019
74 Twindexx. Similar in overall appearance to previous DDPP sets. Ordered in May 2019. 2020

Retired

Locomotives

Steam Locomotives
Class Image Top speed Number Remarks Built
mph km/h
Baldwin H class File:Haifa1931.jpg 6 Series 7-12 (H2), 13-17 (H3), 33 of series 871–920. Taken over from Palestine Railways. Last went out of service in 1959 and scrapped in '60. 1918
NBL/Borsig Egyptian 545 class 4 5 captured during 1956 Israeli invasion of Sinai on the former Palestine Railways main line between El Kantara East and Gaza: numbers 546, 550 and 557 (NBL) and numbers 607 and 613 (Borsig). 4 taken into stock and used them around Lod in central Israel for 1–2 years. Withdrawn and scrapped in 1959. 1928, 1931
NBL P class 4-6-0 File:Israel Railways P-Class loco.jpg 6 Series 60–65. Taken over from Palestine Railways. Last went out of service in 1959 and scrapped in '60. Tender of 62 preserved at Israel Railway Museum. 1935
LMS Stanier Class 8F File:IL steam engine.jpg 23 Series around 70513. Taken over from Palestine Railways. Last went out of service in 1958. One (the 24th) stranded 8F, 70372 (NBL works no. 24680), on a small section of the main line near Tulkarm on the West Bank side of the 1949 Armistice line.It remained there, increasingly derelict, until after the 1967 Israeli 6 day war. The Israelis finally removed and scrapped it in about 1973. A similar 8F (a Turkish TCDD 45151 Class locomotive) preserved at Be'er Sheva Turkish railway station and numbered 70414. 1935–46
USATC S100 Class File:S100Design.png 2 Number 21 &22 (class 957?). Transported from Europe to Suez in September 1942. To Palestine Railways, later Army. Later to Israel Railways.[31] 1 1942
Diesel Locomotives
Class Image Top speed Number Remarks Built
mph km/h
SAFB (GM-EMD) File:Haifa-Railway-Museum-1016b-Societe-Anglo-Franco-Belge-diesel-1951.jpg 68 110 3 BoBo locomotives series 101-103, fitted with EMD 3RSW engines. In service until 1998.[32] First diesel locomotive in IR's service. 102 locomotive is preserved. 1952
Esslingen File:Israel Railways Esslingen locomotive 228-1959.jpg 18 Series 211–228. Similar to DB Class V 60. In the mid-1960s, the Esslingen factory was closed. As a result, some almost-new locomotives were cannibalised for parts.[33] One example preserved at the Railway Museum and another at the Jezreel Valley railway heritage site in Elro'i. 1955–56
Deutz File:Deutz 0-4-0DM No. 201.jpg 3 Series 201-203 shunting locomotives. 203 is preserved under the 201 number 1958
EMD G16 File:IsraelRailwaysLoco163.jpg 3 Co-Co. During the Six-Day War Israel captured Egyptian Railways 3304, 3329 and 3361 which were appropriated into Israel Railways stock as numbers 301–303, later 161–163.[34] All have now been withdrawn from service but 163 (formerly ER 3361) is preserved at the Israel Railway Museum. 1960–61
GA DE900 File:GA-DE900AC.jpg 50 80 3 Series 261–263. Primarily used for shunting. Withdrawn from service in the early 2020s. One placed on static display near the historic Petah Tikva railway station. 1997

Multiple Units

Class Image Type Top speed Number Remarks Built
mph km/h
Esslingen File:Israel Railways Esslingen LHB 1956.jpg DMU 12 Similar to German VT08. 3-car sets (powered coaches 1-12, intermediate coaches 1-12, driving coaches 1-12), some later extended to 4-unit sets (with intermediate coaches 13-22).[35] In the early sixties converted to non-powered coaches in push-pull service because of high maintenance costs. Withdrawn in 1979. Some carriages continued in regular services from 1992 until nineties as 111–117.[32] One trailer should be preserved by the Country Museum in Tel Aviv 1956
FIAT 7225 Railcar 80 128 0 10 ordered. After 8 were finished, the order was cancelled for unclear reasons. Italian literature wrote because of the Yom Kippur War. All ten units were sold to Ferrocarril del Pacifico and Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico in Mexico,[36][37] where they entered service in 1975.[38] 1970/1973[38]
ABB Scandia IC3 File:IC3 -7044 Herzelia 27-4-2012.jpg DMU 112Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 180Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 9 sets (42-50) The introduction of IC3-trains in the early 1990s marked the beginning of a political recommitment to major improvements in the services of Israel Railways.

Each IC3 set is composed of 3 cars and multiple sets may be joined together. Sets 42-50 purchased from SJ in 2005. 31 was scrapped after an incident near Revadim on 10 August 2006.[39] 19, 21, 25 possibly out of service. 01 is now in the Israel Railway Museum.

1990
File:IC3 7039 ISRAEL RAIL EFI ELIAN.jpg 100Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 160Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 10 sets (01-10) 1992
31 sets (11-41) 1994–96

Carriages

Class Image Number Remarks Built
O&K 8 3rd class coaches similar to German Eilzugwagen series 51-58. Seating however different with 2+3 seat arrangement and 96 seats.[40] 1955
Template:Interlanguage link CarF File:JT42BW1.jpg 14 Picture: first carriage. Series 71-84 1961
Boris Kidrič/Metalka "Yugo" File:Haifa-Railway-Museum-1125c.jpg 43 Series 601–643, delivered in several batches between 1964 and 1972. 601-615 in 1964, series 616-625 in 1965, 626-633 in 1966, 634-637 in 1971 and 638-643 in 1972. Coaches 631, 632 and 633 were fitted with buffets. 610 converted to half passenger carriage, half generator car. Some other were converted to full generator carriages.[41][42] 621 in 2009 used as office in red colors in Bnei Brak.[43] 1964–72
DEV-Inox Carel et Fouché File:Haifa-Railway-Museum-1082b-Boris-Kidric-coach-1964.jpg

File:Haifa-Railway-Museum-1082d-Boris-Kidric-coach-1964.jpg

8 Bought from SNCF in 1994 (Series 91-98) to create superfuous coaches for refurbishment by HaArgaz.[44] Original 1st class A9TJ-mainline carriage U64. Declassified to B10 1/2TJ in eighties. Scrapped in 2006.[45] 1 preserved in Railway Museum. 1965
British Railways Mark 2c TSO File:Mk. 2C coach No. 688 Israel Railways Museum.jpg
File:Haifa-Railway-Museum-1274e.jpg 		8 (13) Bought from British Rail in 1977 (Series 681-688 (ex BR 5567, 5570, 5575, 5580, 5588, 5593, 5606, 5612) and retro-fitted with air conditioning equipment at Wolverton Works.[46] 1 preserved at Railway Museum.[32] In 1989, restaurant chain Apropo bought 5 Mk1 (BR 3947, 7675, 18768, 84338) and 1 Mk2 (5250) and shipped these to Israel, never to be used. 1970
Alstom MoDo File:GEC ALSTHOM DMU at Haifa.jpg 35 Assembled in Israel by Haargaz and were the first push-pull carriages operated by Israel railways. In August 2022 Israel Railways announced they were pulling the Alstom Modo from service starting September 2022.[47] Driving Coach 302 is preserved on display at Railway Museum. 1996-1997

Organizational structure

Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The company is headed by a chief executive officer. It has two subsidiaries: a real estate development company, and a freight rail company. The main organization has five operational departments: freight, infrastructure, rolling stock, passengers and development.[48]

In 2017, Israel Railways founded a Tunnels Unit that is responsible for the daily operation of railway tunnels, including lighting, air circulation, etc. and managing emergencies.[49]

Performance

Template:Chart

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

The passenger number history (in millions) is as follows:

Ridership of Israel Railways
Year Ridership (millions)
1950 1.6[50]
1960 4.4
1970 4.1
1980 3.3
1990 2.5
1991[51] 2.9
1995 4.8
1996 5.1
1997 5.6
1998 6.4
1999 8.8
2000 12.7
2001 15.1
2002 17.5
2003 19.8
2004[52] 22.9
2005 26.8
2006 28.4
2007 31.8
2008 35.1
2009 35.9
2010 35.9
2011 35.9
2012 40.4
2013 45[53]
2014 48.5[54]
2015 53[55]
2016 59.5[56]
2017 64.6[57]
2018 67.7[58]
2019 69[59]
2020 24.2[60]
2021 35.0[61]
2022 54.7[62]
2023 62.5[63]
Additional statistics[64][65][66][63]
1990 1995 2000 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total Revenue (million NIS)a 102 200 402 776 840 842 902 997 1,095 1,158 1,102 1,159 1,155 1,146 518 599 604 598
Passenger-kilometers (million) 170 267 781 2,011 1,986 1,927 2,133 2,376 2,485 2,608 2,645 2,765 3,032 3,580 1,253 1,956 3,019 3,401
Train-kilometers (passenger, million) 3.812 9.375 8.905 8.767 8.348 10.035 11.17 12.101 12.92 13.767 14.137 14.796 10.158
Train-kilometers (cargo, thousand) 1,498 1,571 1,609 1,508 1,556 1,584 1,782 1,817 2,063 2,141 1,934 1,934 1,791
Ton-kilometers (cargo, million) 1,048 1,176 1,173 799 1,062 1,099 1,011 1,058 1,165 1,155 1,404 1,381 1,235 1,241 1,250 1,085 992 895
Network length (km) 940 858 926 1,001 1,035 1,079 1,138 1,153 1,194 1,277 1,337 1,384 1,462 1,462 1,486

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^a In contemporary shekels – not adjusted for inflation

Notable accidents

  • On 26 December 1963 two passenger trains on the then single-track main line linking Tel Aviv and Haifa collided head-on at Bet Yehoshua just south of Netanya.[67] The northbound train had passed a red signal and its locomotive rode over and crushed the locomotive of the southbound train.[68] None of the coaches was derailed but a coupler broke in the northbound train detaching the rear three coaches.[69] The continuous train brake should have then automatically stopped the detached coaches but it had not been connected properly so they started to roll back southwards.[69] 55 people were injured but only three seriously enough to be detained in hospital.[69] The two head-end crews survived but their locomotives, EMD G12s 105 and 118, were destroyed.[69]
  • HaBonim disaster: On 11 June 1985 a train collided with a bus carrying school children, killing 19 children and 3 adults, near moshav HaBonim.[70]
  • On 21 June 2005 an IC3 train crashed into a freight truck near kibbutz Revadim, killing 8 and injuring 198.[71]
  • 8 July 2005, a train collided with a truck between Kiryat Gat and Ahuzam, resulting in the death of the train driver and 38 injuries.[72][73] In February 2012 a plea bargain had been set[74] for the Revadim crash.
  • On 12 June 2006 a train crashed into a truck near Beit Yehoshua, killing 5 and injuring from 77 to over 80.[75][76]
  • On 27 December 2009 a train crashed into a car near Kiryat Gat. The driver proceeded without regard to the train checkpoint on the road. The train struck his car and he was killed.[77]
  • On 5 August 2010 a train crashed into a minibus near Kiryat Gat, killing 7 and injuring 6. The minibus was hit at 19:05 GMT+3 on Route 353, apparently as it tried to pass over a level crossing.[78][79]
  • On 28 December 2010 a fire started in a train near kibbutz Yakum, probably because of a short circuit, injuring 116.[80]
  • On 7 April 2011 two trains collided frontally near Netanya, injuring 59.[81]
  • On 4 October 2013, two men walking along railroad tracks in the Emek Hefer valley industrial zone were killed by a train.[82]
  • On 18 December 2013, a Beersheba-bound train collided with a group of camels walking along railroad tracks at the Segev Shalom Junction in the Negev, killing 14 camels. The incident caused massive delays in train traffic.[83]
  • On 29 December 2013, an Israel Railways worker was run down and killed by a train near Lod.[84]
  • On 15 March 2016, an Israel Railways locomotive crashed into freight wagons, injuring 6.[85]

See also

Script error: No such module "Portal".

Ottoman Palestine railways
  • Eastern Railway, Ottoman WWI line, Tulkarm to Hadera and Tulkarm to Lydda; connected to Jezreel Valley, Jaffa–Jerusalem, and Beersheba lines
  • Jaffa–Jerusalem railway (inaugurated 1892)
  • Jezreel Valley railway (1905-1948), segment of the Haifa–Dera'a Line which connected the Hejaz Railway to the port of Haifa
  • Railway to Beersheba or the 'Egyptian Branch', Ottoman WWI line headed towards the Suez Canal; two lines: (Lidda–) Wadi Surar (Nahal Soreq)–Beit Hanoun, and Wadi Surar–Beersheba
Mandate Palestine & Israel railways

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Stations and lines. Israel Railways official website. Accessed 5 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Cotterell, 1984, page 136
  18. ↑ Cotterell, 1984, page 137
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ a b c d e Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ a b c HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (juni 2009), Siemens Coach number. Series 22:1 issue 84
  26. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (September 2009), XXI Siemens Coaches in operation. Inititial impressions. Series 22:3 issue 86
  27. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (juni 2009), Siemens stock into service. Series 22:2 issue 85
  28. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  29. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  30. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (September 1992), WD/USA 0-6-0Ts in Palestina, 1942–46. Issue 18
  31. ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  32. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (June 1992), The Esslingen shunters. Issue 17
  33. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  34. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (July 1990). Issue 9
  35. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild, Rabbi Walter (12-2007), A Quarterly Journal of the Railways of the Middle East
  36. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  37. ↑ a b HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (December 2007), The mysterious Fiat railcars. Series 20:4 issue 79
  38. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (juni 2009), Rolling stock news: IC3 set condemned. Series 19:4 issue 75
  39. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (December 2009), 3rd. Class Passenger Coaches for the Israeli State Railways. Series 22:4 issue 87
  40. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  41. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  42. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (September 2009), News. Series 22:3 issue 86
  43. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  44. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (juni 2009), Rolling stock news: End of French coaches. Series 19:4 issue 75
  45. ↑ Mk11s in Israel The Railway Magazine issue 917 September 1977 page 435
  46. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  47. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  48. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  49. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  50. ↑ HaRakevet: Rothschild PhD, Rabbi Walter (April 1992), A Record Year. Issue 16
  51. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  52. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  53. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  54. ↑ Kevin Smith: “Cultural changes” spark turnaround at Israel Railways in: International Railway Journal, 2016-03-14, retrieved 4 April 2016.
  55. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  56. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  57. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  58. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  59. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  60. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  61. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  62. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  63. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  64. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  65. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  66. ↑ Cotterell, 1984, page 101
  67. ↑ Cotterell, 1984, pages 101–102
  68. ↑ a b c d Cotterell, 1984, page 102
  69. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  70. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  71. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  72. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  73. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  74. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  75. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  76. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  77. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  78. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  79. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  80. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  81. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  82. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  83. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  84. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Bibliography

  • Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

External links

Template:Sister project

  • Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  • Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:In lang
  • Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:In lang

Template:Israel Railways Template:Transportation in Israel

Template:Authority control

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Israel_Railways&oldid=5085569"