“More than I was excited to hear that the money was found, I was excited to see the commitment and mobilization of the railway employees to recover the loss."
The train has been making test runs on the route twice a day since November 16, and so far has not encountered major problems.
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The new, high-speed railway has been criticized by the political left and the Palestinian Authority for passing through about 4 miles of Judea and Samaria, most of it through tunnels.
The trains are running again and back on schedule, with infrastructure maintenance finished for the time being, according to Israel Railways.
The long-planned and long-delayed high-speed train between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is getting closer Israel Railways has begun to lay tracks for the western section of the line in the Ayalon Valley, west of Jerusalem. The target date for launching passenger train on the new line is January 2018, 17 years after construction began. The […]
Israel Railways is ending night train service to the Negev from Ben Gurion airport, 'not cost effective.'
The plan, drawn up at the request of Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, has little chance of succeeding without the cooperation of the Palestinians. But if the Palestinians won't even talk to the Israelis, its unlikely they'll be riding together anytime soon.