Israel Railways

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Israel Railways

Israel's railway network stretches across the country. Its length is 750 km. It connects the center of the village in other areas. Israel Railways operate round the clock to ensure the smooth movement of passenger and freight trains. Exceptions are religious holidays and Sabbath.

The country has 45 stations for passengers. The main route: Nahariya - Acre - Haifa - Netanya - Hadera - Tel Aviv - Be'er Sheva - Dimona. The number of lines has been steadily increasing. Today, the construction of new high-speed lines in many areas.
Brief description of the railway system

The only operator Israel Railways is a state-owned company "Rakevet Israel", the activities led by the Minister of Transport. Existing routes pass through the center, northern, southern and coastal regions of the country. In Israel, some parts of the roads are under construction and unused. The center of the whole system - Tel Aviv and Lod junction with the repair depot. The railways of the country is used left-hand traffic.

The most important means of transporting freight trains are used for transportation of bulk solids: minerals from the area of ​​the Dead Sea and the Negev. Of no less importance is attached to the container and passenger traffic. Around 410 trains per day pass for passenger services.

In the month the services of railway Israel uses more than 2 million. People. Busiest routes: Ashkelon - Tel-Aviv and Haifa - Tel Aviv. To move the trains using diesel locomotives. Passengers are comfortable single-storey and two cars. In some areas of the train reaches a speed of about 160 km / h.
Tickets and timetables

Service trains Israel in line with European standards. Passengers are offered only one class cars which is similar to the second class trains in Europe. Customers are guaranteed a comfortable journey and a pleasant service. For fare tickets are used with a magnetic stripe. Schedule of trains is on the site of the Israeli railways - http://www.rail.co.il. Any changes to the schedule fixed on this virtual site. There are areas where trains are temporarily discontinued. In such cases, passengers can use the free bus service on the route train. These buses depart from the station 10 minutes after the arrival of the composition. Then from the first operating station, passengers continue to move the train on schedule.