The new Jerusalem train station will be located in the Malha neighborhood in the capital’s southern region, near Jerusalem’s largest mall, the Malha Technological Center and the Biblical Zoo.
The train will share its Jerusalem station with Jerusalem’s light rail system, currently under construction and which is planned to transport travelers between
Malha and all areas of the capital. More than 500 parking spaces will be available.
Residents of Gush Etzion who commute to Beit Shemesh for a train to the Tel Aviv region will be well-served by the Malha station, which is easily accessible from the Gush.
The railway line mainly follows the route of the original Jerusalem-Tel Aviv line built by the Ottoman administration in 1892. Though the Beit Shemesh route is not the most direct way to Tel Aviv, Beit Shemesh is the link closest to Jerusalem in the national rail grid. In addition, much of the infrastructure for laying the rails was already in place to begin with.
Some 50,000 passengers a month are expected to use the new rail line.
The station will open to public on April 9, with 15 trains a day traveling to Tel Aviv via Beit Shemesh. The journey to Beit Shemesh will take 35 minutes, and the total travel time from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv will be 70 minutes. The current one-way fare from Beit Shemesh to central Tel Aviv is 23 shekels (just over $5).
Israel Railways is also moving toward constructing a high-speed train from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv via Modi’in that would take 28 minutes. That line is expected to be finished in 2009.
The train will share its Jerusalem station with Jerusalem’s light rail system, currently under construction and which is planned to transport travelers between
Malha and all areas of the capital. More than 500 parking spaces will be available.
Residents of Gush Etzion who commute to Beit Shemesh for a train to the Tel Aviv region will be well-served by the Malha station, which is easily accessible from the Gush.
The railway line mainly follows the route of the original Jerusalem-Tel Aviv line built by the Ottoman administration in 1892. Though the Beit Shemesh route is not the most direct way to Tel Aviv, Beit Shemesh is the link closest to Jerusalem in the national rail grid. In addition, much of the infrastructure for laying the rails was already in place to begin with.
Some 50,000 passengers a month are expected to use the new rail line.
The station will open to public on April 9, with 15 trains a day traveling to Tel Aviv via Beit Shemesh. The journey to Beit Shemesh will take 35 minutes, and the total travel time from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv will be 70 minutes. The current one-way fare from Beit Shemesh to central Tel Aviv is 23 shekels (just over $5).
Israel Railways is also moving toward constructing a high-speed train from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv via Modi’in that would take 28 minutes. That line is expected to be finished in 2009.