Israel to double rail network by 2040

[DavidB-AU]

ISRAEL Railways (IR) presented details of its Shekels 123.6bn ($US 34.9bn) 2040 Strategic Plan at a conference at the Dan Panorama hotel in Tel Aviv on June 8, revealing ambitious proposals to double the size of the network over the next two decades with high-speed trains connecting key centres.

 

Under the plan the network is projected to grow from 1232km to 2572km between 2020 and 2040, with the number of stations increasing from 68 to 120. IR’s passenger train fleet will almost triple from 139 in 2020 to 511 in 2040.

 

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