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==Country Name== | ==Country Name== | ||
Israel (officially the State of Israel, Medīnat Yisrā'el: יִשְׂרָאֵל,) | Israel (officially the State of Israel, Medīnat Yisrā'el: יִשְׂרָאֵל,) | ||
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In the spring of 2010, the government agreed the first phase of a programme to electrify 420 km of the system. By April 2022, the following routes were being worked by electric trains: | In the spring of 2010, the government agreed the first phase of a programme to electrify 420 km of the system. By April 2022, the following routes were being worked by electric trains: | ||
* Hertsliya - Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion Airport - Jerusalem-Yitzhak Navon | * Hertsliya - Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion Airport - Jerusalem-Yitzhak Navon | ||
* Hertsliya - Rosh Ha'Ayin-North - Tel Aviv - Ashkelon | * Hertsliya - Rosh Ha'Ayin-North - Tel Aviv - Ashkelon | ||
* Modi'in-Center - Jerusalem-Yitzhak Navon | * Modi'in-Center - Jerusalem-Yitzhak Navon | ||
* Rehovot to Hertsliya commenced electrified on 17 September 2022 | |||
===Rule of the road=== | ===Rule of the road=== | ||
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Services over the old route between Bet Shemesh and Jerusalem-Malha ceased in early 2020 with the onset of restrictions due to Covid-19 and are believed to be unlikely to ever restart. The sparse passenger service between Be'er Sheva and Dimona ceased at about the same time. Services between Lod and Rishon-LeTsiyon Rishonim also ceased, to allow for construction work on the new line from Jerusalem. | Services over the old route between Bet Shemesh and Jerusalem-Malha ceased in early 2020 with the onset of restrictions due to Covid-19 and are believed to be unlikely to ever restart. The sparse passenger service between Be'er Sheva and Dimona ceased at about the same time. Services between Lod and Rishon-LeTsiyon Rishonim also ceased, to allow for construction work on the new line from Jerusalem. | ||
On | On 29 November 2022 the Israeli National Committee for Planning and Construction voted to commence planning for a 3km extension in tunnel of the Jerusalem high-speed line to be completed by 2030. This will run from the present station to one underneath the heart of the Old City, near the Western Wall. This is controversial. It has been criticised by Jordan, which has special responsibility for overseeing the Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. Israel regards Jerusalem as its eternal and undivided capital, whilst the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem - occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war - as the capital of a future state. | ||
Services on the A1 Jerusalem High Speed Line were extended to Tel Aviv HaHagana on 21 December 2019, following completion of the electrification between the airport and Tel Aviv. The line, which opened on 25 September 2018, connects Jerusalem to Tel Aviv (57 km) by means of a new line branching off the Ben Gurion Airport-Modi‘in line to an underground terminal in central Jerusalem. As at September 2018 only one of the two tracks was in use and electrified: a shuttle service operated to the airport, with passengers required to change to or from diesel services there. The existing line to Jerusalem did not close at this time but retained a local service. | Services on the A1 Jerusalem High Speed Line were extended to Tel Aviv HaHagana on 21 December 2019, following completion of the electrification between the airport and Tel Aviv. The line, which opened on 25 September 2018, connects Jerusalem to Tel Aviv (57 km) by means of a new line branching off the Ben Gurion Airport-Modi‘in line to an underground terminal in central Jerusalem. As at September 2018 only one of the two tracks was in use and electrified: a shuttle service operated to the airport, with passengers required to change to or from diesel services there. The existing line to Jerusalem did not close at this time but retained a local service. | ||
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==Special Notes== | ==Special Notes== | ||
Airport-style luggage security checks using X-ray machines take place at the entrance to all railway stations. Further access to the platforms is only via ticket gates. | |||
==See also== | |||
{{Navbox Israel}} | |||
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