Classic route
Israel Railways · Beersheba line
Tel Aviv → Beersheba · Israel
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.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1659746 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 93% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 5 m); the longest stretch away from it is 7.5 km
- Checked against the running timetable via Israel Railways: our line passes within 301 m of every station train 6019 calls at (the operator publishes no route geometry to compare)
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Israel Railways · Beersheba line?
The Israel Railways · Beersheba line runs 107 km from Tel Aviv to Beersheba.
How long does the Israel Railways · Beersheba line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 5 min for the 107 km. That is an average of 99 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Israel Railways · Beersheba line?
Israel Railways, with Bombardier bi-level push-pull.
How old is the Israel Railways · Beersheba line?
The line has been in service since 1997. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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