Classic route
Jerusalem High-Speed Link
Tel Aviv → Jerusalem · Israel
Israel’s first electrified line tunnels and bridges through the Judean Hills to Yitzhak Navon station, 80 m below Jerusalem, in half an hour.
How this line was checked
- The 47 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 8274820 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Israel Railways: our line passes within 336 m of every station train 8718 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 Jerusalem High-Speed Link?
The Jerusalem High-Speed Link runs 57 km from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
How long does the Jerusalem High-Speed Link take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 32 min for the 57 km. That is an average of 107 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Jerusalem High-Speed Link?
Israel Railways, with TRAXX-hauled Twindexx.
How old is the Jerusalem High-Speed Link?
The line has been in service since 2018. 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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