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Israel Railways - Lines

One railway line goes North along the coast reaching Haifa, the Krayot, and Nahariya. One goes South to Be'er Sheva with a new spur from the Be'er Sheva Tzafon (North) Station to Dimona which opened on December 17, 2005. There are future plans to extend Be’er Sheva-Dimona line to the Red Sea port of Eilat. Another line goes South to Ashkelon with a spur to Rishon LeTzion. The line was extended from Ashdod to Ashkelon in April 2005. Another line goes East to Kfar Saba. The line to Jerusalem which opened in 1892, saw its operations suspended in 1998 due to poor track state. However, it has recently been rebuilt and upgraded and the section of this line to Bet Shemesh re-opened in September, 2003 while the remainder of the upgraded line to Jerusalem opened in April 2005 together with the opening of the new Jerusalem Malcha Station in Southern Jerusalem. In October, 2004, a new line from Tel Aviv to the new Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion International Airport was opened. From there this line will continue as a brand new high speed line currently being built to Jerusalem with a spur to Modi'in. This difficult to construct line will be electrified and make extensive use of long railway tunnels in order to make it possible for trains to achieve high speeds as they make their way from the coastal region to the mountainous Jerusalem area. Initially this new line will terminate at a new underground station under construction underneath the Jerusalem Central Bus Station in Central Jerusalem. There are future plans to extend the line from the Jerusalem Central Bus Station so that it will connect with the historic (now upgraded) railroad that already reaches Southern Jerusalem. The ride on the new high speed line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem will take 28 minutes. The line is expected to be finished sometime around 2009.

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