Dave interesting article. Does it affect you?
This city is now the world's most expensive (msn.com)
Dave: It appears that more tracks could be built to the right of the pressent 2 Main Track? Maybe just a siding(s)?
I did not edit Israeli Railway's announcement. You should excuse their spoksperson's mistranslation of Hebrew to English.
An exact translation of the words Israel Railways to Hebrew would be Missulai Yisrael or Missulim Yisraelim. But Israelis don't say that. Instead, HaRikevet. And exactly translating that to English is The Train.
I believe the v Eternal did produce talk from a dog (Zipper, Trains, Oct. 2017) and from a Horse (Balaam's donkey, Bible's Book of Numbers, 22-24), but the Eternal has yet to have a train talk or write. But in children's literature:
"Does eating coal cause you pain?" I asked the engfine train.
And the train sighed and replied "I chew I chew chew chew chew."
As clearly bas I'm telling you, the train said "chew chew chew."
Imagine that! A train attempting things and having options.
Rick
rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride.
Dave: Just heard about the B.1.1.529 shut down there. Hope you have plenty of supplies
Another good photo, same source:
From Steve Sattler:
More trains & rails :-
Mostly topography. Also, note use of bridges.
Electric MUs are on order.
Over one-third of the route will be in tunnels. Is this because of topography or developement?
35.8 miles. Top speed would have to be very high indeed with 4 stops and that curve!
AVERAGE speed 100mph... four stops, under 60 miles total length, four stops plus a sharp curve? No, wait... that's km, not miles!
That will involve VERY fast equipment and track standards, perhaps 186mph or higher. And acceleration fairly quick to those speeds...
Apparently, Israel Railwayus is having its 35+ -year-old IC-3 trains overhauled for further life in Denmark.
Or perhaps they are being convertede for ele3ctric operatoion?
In Asdode Port:
Three new Israeli stations, Netavot, S'derot, and Ofakim, Stave Sattler photos:>
Backed by China, the project is “one of the most important geopolitical measures that Israel has taken in recent years,” says Globes.
The announcement last week by the M/ Transportation that plans were advancing for a rail link from Israel to the Persian Gulf may be the next big thing.
The concept of a rail connection from Israel’s Med. Sea port of Haifa to the Arab states was raised 4 yrs ago by Finance Minister Yisrael Katz, who was transportation minister at the time & dubbed the project “Peace Railway.” Last week, Transportation Minister Miri Regev announced the 3.5-bil. shk project was moving to the planning stage. “The Gulf to Gulf project is a mega-project that will change the face of the regional economy in the ME & connect Israel to many countries in the region by rail, & will be a gateway to the Med. for them,” Regev said in her announcement last week.
NBA fines, suspends player for anti-Semitic slur off the courThis is economic news that will turn the countries of the ME into an island of economic power & stability based on reciprocity & peace,” Regev saiWith rail transportation making a comeback in the world, a ME “mega-railway project” would fit in with the Chinese government’s plan for a “silk railroad” connecting Asia & Europe. China has invested hundreds/ bill of dollars in building a transcontinental railway over the past decade, the paper noted, adding that countries in the ME like Israel that have been rehabilitating their rail networks are looking eastward & realizing that integrating with the Chinese transport network could open up new trade opportuRegev said Israel will extend its new rail line, recently opened from Haifa to the Jordan Valley, & lay tracks to the Jordanian border. However, once there, the outdated Jordanian narrow-gauge system will need to be updated – a serious challenge for cash-strapped Jordan, which wants to modernize but needs several billion dollars that it currently doesn’t have. The Jordanian plan includes a new line going eastward to Iraq with an extension southward to Saudi Arabia, which would give Israel rail access to Arab Gulf states and in turn could send goods to Haifa, thereby bypassing the Suez Canal & the extra transit charges involved in using the Egyptian shipping channel.
Globes noted that although the Egyptian government is not commenting on the rail project, in part due to its close economic collaboration with China, Egypt’s main media outlets have called the railway project “economic colonialism of the Zionist State.”
As well, the Saudis still have not recognized Israel, but with the project still years away, that would not yet cause a diplomatic hurdle.
At the same time, Turkey is pushing to have the Chinese run a rail line to its border as an alternate Asian route to Europe that could also involve Iraq and Iran.
It is known that China has a strong economic interest in Israel‘s transportation infrastructure and is investing in a new cargo port in Haifa.
Kilometers, a distamce marker (I think, but not certain).
I'll try to botain an accuate answer.
But definitely Kilometes.
Dave your first picture. It has a board that has 70 on it. Is that a speed board and what type Kms ?
An experimental transmission. Hope the [hotos can be seen by others, not just me.
Preceding the old line to Jerusalem, via Lod and Beit She,esh. Now for the new: Visit the website for more! https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMXkeo64NcFJ1mytRCI5fhZ4iSPamnhrsmBPcYl7huDCfeMSpb9bfyUZGjrUNMkrQ?key=cEhUV1IyOGZQN24xVktiVWYyUUZDZldVQUJfeWZB
Deserves passing around your list!
Here are some photos of the Beir Sheva stub-end Central Station. I admired the attention to acoustice on the part of the designers.
Above from Steve Sattler, below mine:
Transport Minister announced planning for Light Rail for Beir Seva ("or similar technology"). with a line to the nearby new and ;arge Likit military base, and also a rail branch-line to that base.
A map of Tel Aviv and its suburbs showing a planned heavy rail rapid transit system, mediun blue, three light-rail lines, red under construction, green, and purple, and the railroads is at:
https://www.nta.co.il/sites/default/files/metro-lines-map-dec19_01.pdf
The map is in Hebrew, thus my legend above.
If I can find an English version, I'll post it or its address.
From Sybil Ehrlich:
Yes to the 1st question if you exclude Jerusalem Light Rail and the Haifa Carmelit subway funicular.
And yes to the second question, with priority for the coast line to Haifa and Naharia, and the branch off Jerusalem to Modiin, and then others mre slowly.
The currently planned undrground extension of the Jerusalem line to the Old Ciity and then to a connection with the old route via Beit Shemes will of course be electrified on opening.
On the Israeli Railways website, Hebrew, English, and Arabic: The railway journey by date, time, and points, of every Coronavirus paient who rode a train before being diagnosed for the illness. So you can check to see if you might have been in contact and then request an examination. A very long list, but you can easily filter by date.
Is the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv line the first electrified railroad line in Isreal? Are they planning on electrifying much of the system?
This thread was started by me for Israeli rail news of all kinds. Other posters are most welome to post, including rail coverage of nearby countries/communities, as long as politics, etc. are not discussed. And this is not a threzd specifically for a discussion of the Coronavirus, but can be as it directly affects rai operations.
I tried putting this information on Flintlock's "Overeaction" Forum, but for whatever reason I could not:
Latest from Israel's Health Ministry: 18,180 total cases, now 2,722 active cases 15,159 Recovered, 31 in serious condition, including 24 who are ventilated, 299 died. 9 June.
The reason I am posting this here is that 8 June saw the restoration of full intercity rail service, and I checked just now to make sure that on-line ticketing is possible. The railroad is operating on a credit-card cashless basis only, with no paper tickets, you load up your card at a machine, swipe at a turnstyle entering the platform for departure and leaving the platform on arrival. The RavCard used for Jerusalem Light Rail and Egged local buses is in use in addition to major credit cards.
But despite my having to use cash on the Arab 255 or 275 bus, it has proven more convenient and reliable than the Egged 48 8:30PM for weekday evening trips from the Yeshiva to my apartment, so it will probably remain the usual, with a good connection to light rail at Damascus Gate and then to Egged 52 or 34 at Amunitition Hill. Sometimes I get an offer of a lift from a teacher or student with a car, and I do not turn it down. And I always mask outside the Yeshiva and my apartment. Compliance by other passengers on public transit I would rate at more than 90%
The last 255 or 275 is around 9pm. So if I have to remain late at the Yeshiva and do not get a lift (usual from a teacher if there is a late lesson or party), then I would use the 11:20 Egged 48. Right-on, there are no 48s bettween 8:30PM and 11:20PM . But when I do ride either, usually I am the only passenger.
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