Planning Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway

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map of actual route (a1) , other proposed routes


after suspension of service tel aviv jerusalem on old jaffa–jerusalem line in 1998 due poor track state, urgent need arose create rail link tel aviv jerusalem. between 2000 , 2001, several alternatives proposed:



plans s , s1 – minor repairs of old single-track route (s), or 1 includes few short tunnels , curve straightening (s1).
plans g , g1 – massive repair of old route, straightening curves excavating numerous long tunnels along route: 4–6 km of tunnels in g , 16 km in g1. g1 meant continue central jerusalem , terminate in underground station @ independence park.
plans b, b1, b2, m , m1 – construction of new line tel aviv jerusalem via modi in-maccabim-re ut within or near road 443.
plans , a1 – construction of new line between cities nearby highway 1, branch modi in. these plans recommended bodies published them (a in 1994 , a1 in 1997 , 2000).

plans build line adjacent road 443 discarded immediately, due being inside west bank. municipality of jerusalem supported plan g1, while israel railways supported plan s quick deployment plan, followed a1. on june 13, 2001, transportation minister ephraim sneh , prime minister ariel sharon chose proceed israel railways plan. 1 of reasons environmentalists opposition g1, due route passing through middle of nature reserve. plan b2 used branch modi in, completed in 2008. section of railway part of longer future line extend modi in rishon lezion along right-of-way reserved during construction of highway 431. part of implementation of plan s, old line s reach jerusalem shortened @ request of jerusalem municipality. instead of terminating @ jerusalem railway station, renovated line terminated @ new malha station in southern jerusalem.


following plan s rehabilitation, trains using existing railway reach southern jerusalem in 75 minutes tel aviv. relatively long travel time, non-central location of malha station, , low capacity of line due eastern section consisting of single-track means continues 1 of lesser-used lines in israel railways network, despite fact connects 2 large metropolises. in contrast, expected travel time tel aviv central jerusalem using new a1 route approximately 30 minutes, , allow high frequency of trains operate along route.








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