Carmelit
an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel
The Carmelit (Hebrew: כַּרְמְלִית) is the first and currently the only rapid transit rail system in Israel. It opened in 1959 after three years of building. It is the oldest metro system and funicular system in the Middle East. The Carmelit has closed down for repairs three times. It was closed from 1986 to 1992 for renovations. The metro has only one line, which runs from Haifa's port to Mount Carmel. It runs 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) from sea level up to an altitude of 268 metres (879 ft), with a total of six stations.
| Carmelit כרמלית | |
|---|---|
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 The new Carmelit - Train No 1. | |
| Overview | |
| Status | In service |
| Owner | Haifa Municipality |
| Locale | Haifa |
| Termini | Carmel Center Downtown |
| Stations | 6 |
| Website | www.carmelithaifa.co.il |
| Service | |
| Type | Funicular Subway |
| Services | 1 |
| Operator(s) | The Carmelit Haifa Company Ltd. |
| Rolling stock | 4 Von Roll (now Doppelmayr) funicular cars 2 per train |
| Ridership | 732,664 (2012)[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1959 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) |
| Number of tracks | 1 |
| Character | 1 |
| Track gauge | 1,980 mm (6 ft 6 in)[2][discuss] |
| Operating speed | 28 km/h (17 mph) |
| Highest elevation | 268 m (879 ft) above sea level |
The system is named after Mount Carmel.
Gallery
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Related pages
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change- ↑ Eyal Lerman (February 7, 2013). "זינוק של 20% בנסיעה בכרמלית" [20% Jump in Carmelit Trips] (in Hebrew). MyNet. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
- ↑ "Railway Station Lists" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
Other websites
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Media related to Carmelit at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Carmelit information (in Hebrew). Also available on the municipality's site.
- Urbanrail - Haifa Carmelit (in English)
