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Train routes operated by Israel Railways
4 routes · classic 4
Israel Railways runs 4 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 346 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Israel Railways · Coastal line at 122 km; the fastest is the Israel Railways · Coastal line, running up to 160 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1953.
The company itself dates to 1948, filed on Wikidata as a railway company. What this page says about the company comes from Israel Railways's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q846655 ↗
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- 4
- Total length
- 346 km
- Countries
- Israel
- Oldest line here
- 1953
- Company founded
- 1948
- Type
- railway company
- Fastest
- Israel Railways · Coastal line · 160 km/h
- Longest
- Israel Railways · Coastal line · 122 km
Classic (4)
- Israel Railways · Coastal line
Israel’s busiest rail corridor follows the Mediterranean shore from the Galilee coast through Haifa Bay to Tel Aviv, with trains every 15–30 minutes.
Wikipedia ↗ - Israel Railways · Beersheba line
A fast double-tracked run to the Negev’s capital, tracing the Ottoman military railway thrown down in 1915 to supply the WWI Sinai front.
Wikipedia ↗ - HaEmek (Jezreel Valley) Line
Rebuilt on the 1905 Ottoman Hejaz alignment, it ends at Beit She’an: about 120 m below sea level, among the world’s lowest stations.
Wikipedia ↗ - Jerusalem High-Speed Link
Israel’s first electrified line tunnels and bridges through the Judean Hills to Yitzhak Navon station, 80 m below Jerusalem, in half an hour.
Wikipedia ↗
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does Israel Railways run?
4 of the routes in this atlas are Israel Railways services, covering 346 km across 1 country (Israel). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest Israel Railways train?
The Israel Railways · Coastal line, Nahariya to Tel Aviv, at up to 160 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes 1 h 41 min over 122 km.
Does Israel Railways run night trains?
Not in this atlas. All 4 Israel Railways routes listed here are daytime services.
When was Israel Railways founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 1948, and files it as a railway company. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1953 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries Israel Railways runs in
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