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New Jezreel Valley railway מסילת העמק
Overview
Owner	Israel Railways
Termini	HaMifrats Central railway station (Haifa) Beit She'an railway station
Stations	5
Service
Type	Commuter Rail
Operator(s)	Israel Railways
History
Opened	October 16, 2016
Technical
Line length	60 km (37 mi)
Track gauge	1435 mm
Route map Legend to Tel Aviv Haifa–Hof HaCarmel Haifa–Bat Galim Haifa Center–HaShmona [REDACTED] HaMifratz Central to Nahariya Nesher Yokneam–Kfar Yehoshua Migdal HaEmek–Kfar Baruch Afula 60 Beit She'an–David Levy

The Jezreel Valley Railway (Hebrew: מסילת העמק) is a railway of Israel Railways (IR), which connects Haifa with Beit She'an in the Jezreel Valley. The railway line was opened to the public on October 16, 2016.

History

The railway passes almost identically on the old western section of the former Haifa - Dar'ā railway line which was shut down in 1951. Since the 1990s, there have been repeated attempts to re-create the Jezreel Valley railway line. On the one hand, this is one of the most productive agricultural areas of Israel, on the other hand, the traffic in the Greater Haifa area, especially by commuters, is heavily overloaded.

In 2011, the plans for the new railway line were approved. The construction of the line began in 2012, and the railway line was completed in 2016. On August 29, 2016, the route was inaugurated by the Israeli Minister of Transportation Israel Katz. The construction cost was just over $ 1 billion.

The railway line was opened to the public on October 16, 2016.

An extension of the railway line to Israel's border with Jordan, and maybe into Jordan, is currently being considered.

See also

• Jezreel Valley railway

References

1. ^ "Israel's fabled Jezreel Valley train revived after 65 years of silence - Business". Haaretz.com. 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
2. "The Jezreel Valley Railway is coming back to life". Ynetnews.com. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
3. Jones, Orr Hirschauge and Rory (June 22, 2016). "Israel Builds Railway in Hope of Boosting Commerce With Arab Neighbors" – via www.wsj.com.

External links

• A video recording of a ride in the new Jezreel Valley railway line

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Main line	Coastal Nahariya Acre Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Haim Hutzot HaMifratz HaMifratz Central Haifa Center–HaShmona Haifa–Bat Galim Haifa–Hof HaCarmel Atlit Binyamina Caesarea–Pardes Hanna Hadera–West Netanya Netanya–Sapir Beit Yehoshua Herzliya Ayalon Tel Aviv–University Tel Aviv–Savidor Center Tel Aviv–HaShalom Tel Aviv–HaHagana Jaffa–Jerusalem Kfar Chabad Lod–Ganei Aviv Lod Ramla South Mazkeret Batya Kiryat Mal'akhi–Yoav Kiryat Gat Lehavim–Rahat Be'er Sheva–North Dimona Har Tzin freight terminal
Branch lines	Acre–Karmiel Ahihud Karmiel Jezreel Valley Yokneam–Kfar Yehoshua Migdal HaEmek–Kfar Baruch Afula Beit She'an–David Levy Sharon Ra'anana–West Ra'anana–South Hod HaSharon–Sokolov Kfar Saba–Nordau Eastern Rosh HaAyin–North Yarkon Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal Petah Tikva–Kiryat Aryeh Petah Tikva–Segula Tel Aviv–Bnei Darom Holon Junction Holon–Wolfson Bat Yam–Yoseftal Bat Yam–Komemiyut Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan Yavne–West Tel Aviv–Jerusalem Ben Gurion Airport Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon Anava–Modi'in railway Paatei Modi'in Modi'in–Center Lod–Ashkelon railway Be'er Ya'akov Rehovot Yavne–East Ashdod–Ad Halom Ashkelon Rishon LeZion–Modi'in Rishon LeZion–HaRishonim Ashkelon–Be'er Sheva Sderot Netivot Ofakim Old Tel Aviv–Jerusalem Beit Shemesh Biblical Zoo Jerusalem–Malha South Be'er Sheva–Center
Future lines	Eastern (under construction) Hadera–East Ahituv–Emeq Hefer Tayibe–Qalansuwa Tira–Kochav Ya'ir Kfar Saba–North Rosh HaAyin–North Rosh HaAyin–South El'ad Airport City Lod Rishon LeZion–Modi'in (under construction) Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan Rishon LeZion–Me'uyan Soreq Rishon LeZion–HaRishonim Ramla–South Paatei Modi'in Planned Karmiel-Kiryat Shmona railway Proposed Beersheba–Eilat high-speed railway
Freight lines	Heletz railway
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• Railway lines opened in 2016
• Standard gauge railways in Israel
• Transport in Haifa
• Northern District (Israel)
• Jezreel Valley