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RAILMEDA Project for MEDA 2020
HIGH SPEED RAILROAD
TEL AVIV - JERUSALEM
PROJECTS 2013
RAILMEDA Project for MEDA 2020
The high speed railway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is under construction since 2001.
It will be the first high speed rail in Israel.
The railway will span 56 Km of elettrificated double track and cost about US$ 2 billion
The expected travel time from Tel Aviv to central Jerusalem will be of 30 minutes
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RAILMEDA Project for MEDA 2020
Between 2000 and 2001 several alternatives were proposed:
- Plans S and S1- Plans G and G1- Plans B, B1, B2, M and M1- Plans A and A1
The finally plan was A
PROJECTS 2013
RAILMEDA Project for MEDA 2020
PROJECTS 2013
Construction began in 2001 and was divided into different sections:
-Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion Airport (completed in 2004)
-Ben Gurion Airport – K far Daniel (started in 2004 and ended in 2007)
-K far Daniel – Latrun (section A - completed in 2011)
-Latrun – Sha’ar HaGai (section B – will completed in 2015)
-Sha’ar HaGai – Mevaseret Zion (section C – started 2009 and expected completition in 2016)
-Mevaseret Zion – Jerusalem (section D – extemated completition in four years)
RAILMEDA Project for MEDA 2020
PROJECTS 2013
Name Location Type Status
Shafirim Interchange Underpass Completed
Between Hemed and Tzafria Underpass Completed
Bridge 1 Ben Gurion Interchange Bridge Completed
Between Lod Interchange and Lod Bridge Junction Bridge Completed
East of Ginaton Junction Bridge Completed
Daniel Interchange Bridge Completed
Bridge 4 Near Sha’alvim Bridge Completed
Bridge 5 Near Sha'alvim Bridge Completed
Bridge 6 Valley of Aialon Bridge Completed
Tunnel 1 Canada Park Tunnel Under construction
Bridge 7 South of Mevo Horon Bridge Under construction
Tunnel 2 Near NatafTunnel
Excavation completed
Bridge 8 West of Nataf Bridge Completed
Tunnel 3 Bab al-Wad, Abu GhoshTunnel
Under construction
Bridge 9 Mevaseret Zion Bridge Awaiting approval
Tunnel 3a Mevaseret Zion Tunnel Excavation completed
Bridge 10 Mevaseret Zion Bridge Under construction
Tunnel 4 Jerusalem—from near Ginot Saharov to Binyanei HaUma Tunnel) Under construction
RAILMEDA Project for MEDA 2020
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Due to the extremely high cost of the project, it faced financial difficulties from the Start.
The inizial cost was estimated at NIS 2.8 bln.
In 2010 the cost had risen to NIS 6.9 bln
RAILMEDA Project for MEDA 2020
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-The companies Eldad Spivak and A. Epstein joined into a holding company in order to compete in the tender, which they won
-Israel Railways published a tender for supervising the constructions of sections B and C.
RAILMEDA Project for MEDA 2020
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-A notable stumbling block is the issue of where to put the excess dity dug up in the tunnels.
Temporary mounds have been created, but this method will be insufficient for the main tunnel (Tunnel 3)
The project has come under fire for two consecutive tunnel collapses in Tunnel 3a
RAILMEDA Project for MEDA 2020
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-One of the main enviromental issues with the project is the railway passage through the Yitla Stream, a National Park and Biblical location.
-The main poits of contention with Israel Railways’ proposed design were a 150 mt rail Bridge (Bridge 8) and a 200 mt paved access road that will be created to aid the construction work.
RAILMEDA Project for MEDA 2020
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-The railway has also been criticized by the political left and Palestinians for having two separate sections that pass through the West Bank.
-Most of this distance passes through tunnels, one in the Latrun area, and the other just noth of Mevasseret Zion.
-For this reason, the German company Deutsche Bahn, which advised Israel Railways on the project, withdrew from it under pressure of pro Palestinian organizations.
-The same for Itailan firm Pizzarotti
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-The station on the line will be:
-Ben Gurion Airport Railway station
-Jerusalem Binyanei HaUma Railway Station