The NEW FAST railway line from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv | Israel Railways
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
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In this video we check out the new high-speed railway line from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv from one of the deepest railway stations in the world at Jerusalem Navon Yitzhak across the valley on new railway viaducts into the economic center of Israel Tel Aviv stopping at Ha'Hagana, Hashalom, Savidor Center, University and Herzilya. Join me for a ride on one of Israel's best railway lines.
Train type: Siemens Desiro HC Israel
Route: Jerusalem-Yitzhak Navon to Tel Aviv Savidor Center (Herzliya)
Train: 752
Distance: 70km
Journey time: 55m
Average speed: 73 km/h
Price: 24 ₪ ~6.3 euro
Music:
Alexi Action - Synthwave 80's
Translated by Google:
בסרטון זה אנו בודקים את קו הרכבת המהיר החדש מירושלים לתל אביב מאחת מתחנות הרכבת העמוקות בעולם בירושלים נבון יצחק על פני העמק על תעלות רכבת חדשות אל המרכז הכלכלי של ישראל תל אביב עוצרים בהא ההגנה, השלום, מרכז סבידור, האוניברסיטה והרצליה. הצטרפו אליי לרכיבה על אחד מקווי הרכבת הטובים בישראל.
It totally great to see Israel in a way that most of the world doesn’t see because of the conflicts. Your train is so up today compared with trains here in Australia. Thanks for the video.👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for watching! I try to keep my videos as neutral and politics free as possible
Doesn't work from friday noon to saturday night.
@@lilachfront3302 thats true, it shabbat.
Did you really just compare one of the biggest countries in the world versus the smallest? You're a genius.
FREE PALESTINE
I think they've started about 20 years ago plan and invest seriously in their railway network. It's fascinating to see what Israel has achieved meanwhile.
Thank you very much for this video.
Thank you :-)
Meanwhile its German counterpart still crumbles despite of political intervention, as everything else in the country
I wish that they would expand further up north. But the problem is, there is a lot of hills in the northern country and it makes putting a new line in very difficult. Logistically and financially.
@@NetanelWorthy There are plans to extend the Carmiel branch to Kiryat Shmona mostly via tunnel, however it's only in the planning stage for now.. Also there is a vague plan to extend a railway to Tiberius and Kfar Tavor from Afula.
Used the line last February and enjoyed the quick ride and the view on the nice landscape. And the impressive train starion with it's long escalators.
A bit crowded, but wonderful alternative to the Eged bus lines.
Wonderful. I am an Arab from southern Iraq. I noticed that the Arabic language is added to the Hebrew language. This is a good thing.This makes the instructions easy for us 🇮🇶🤝🇮🇱
They really have tried to make it user friendly. I had no issues navigating it speaking neither Hebrew or Arabic
Yes, all of the trasport methods in israel have at least some Arabic in them, in the new ones like the the tel aviv light rail ( opened 2023) and the carmelit in haifa ( completely refurbished in 2018) there is even a tri-lingular announcements ( Hebrew, English and Arabic)
Increíble cómo un país tan joven, fundado sobre tierras áridas pudo hacer "otro país" moderni, adelantado y organizado donde todo funciona
Sí, en verdad Israel es un milagro en el desierto, y un modelo para otros paises que son limitados por su geografia.
Nice video. Worth noting two things. First, Yitzhak Navon station is ine of the deepest in the world at about 80 meters. The station is across froom the Jerusalem Egged Bus station and the light rail that cuts through JLM on a north east to south west axis. The station is also next to Binyanei HaUmah, the Nation's Buildings, a massive conference complex used for work conferences, book fairs, large graduation ceremonies etc. As such Yitzhak Navon station is a great hub.
The other point is that two more stations will be built south of Yitzhak Navon station in the coming years. Enjoy!
Thanks for the detailed information about the station, looking foward to seeing the expansion some day
I visited Israel in 2019 and also drove on this highspeed line. Back than, they ran red painted double-decker waggons. As I am from Germany, I noticed that they are almost like the German double-decker cars that run in regional service :D The most impressive thing was that they even used the same pictograms in the trains as they do in Germany. The doors had a pictogram called „Automatik“ which is likely understandable (means automatic) but however, is written wrong in a English-speaking country :D
I think the only major difference is that the cab car on the Israeli versions have a large generator section :-)
Oh yes, just like DB, Israel Rail also purchased its trains from Alstom. The internal layout is almost the same.
In the past few years, some cars were converted to high-capacity on the lower deck: the traditional 4-seat sections were removed and benches were installed along the sides. Also, they installed a ramp instead of the stairs to make it more accessible to wheelchairs and commuters with bikes/e-scooters.
It's a surrogate solution to address the lack of efficient metro-area commute system.
Those trains still run on other intercity routes.
The Siemens Desiro HC are also used on the highly frequented Ruhr valley regional express services in Germany connecting Dortmund, Bochum, Essen, Duisburg and Düsseldorf/Cologne every 20 minutes or so. They're carrying millions of riders every single day on that route and they are very reliable workhorses on these central backbone lines. They also have this very recognizable engine sound and run extremely smoothly, requiring very little time for stops, which is ideal on a line with so many passengers and possible sources of delay, the tracks they're running on are among the busiest in the country, being used around 150 percent. While the Desiro HC have an enormous passenger capacity, they are also very comfortable, I prefer them to any highspeed train built by Siemens for Deutsche Bahn.
@Maniak: attention, Siemens maintained forced labor camps during WWll.
Can confirm, the number of travellers in the Ruhr is insane.
As somebody that travels this line often, thanks for putting out an awesome video.
Thanks for watching :-)
FREE PALESTINE and OUT WITH TERRORISTS MURDERERS
Congratulations from Canada where we still have zero high speed miles in 2023 :(
But at least there seems to be movement to get some proper fast trains between Toronto and Montreal now :D
@@Simon-Andersen Fast trains are useless when you have infrastructure Anno 1900.
Same thing in Israel…
Excellent video, thanks Simon. I will be visiting Tel Aviv with my wife in July and we plan to get to Jerusalem, too. There are a few options we are considering, but you just gave me another idea. The price is awesome and the comfort is an A+ as far as I can tell. Very impressed with everything you showed in this video, the cleanliness of both the train and the stations deserves to be commended. Thanks again and an A+ to you, too.😊
Thank you so much for the kind words. Its a great, clean and comfortable option to get between the cities, make sure to get a rav-kav card from the machine in the arrivals hall at TLV airport if you are flying in, will make your journeys on all Israeli public transport super easy.
@@Simon-Andersen Oh, yes, great idea! From the videos I was watching I did get a sense of how important it is to have the card! I understand that it can be reloaded both from machines and online. I am not sure, but I suspect it can be linked to a credit card and that would make reloading even easier. I thought I saw someone saying that the same card can be used both in Jerusalem and in Tel Aviv! Super smart idea from Israeli authorities, if this is how it works indeed...
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Thank you for this. For some reason I never heard of trains in Jerusalem. Looks like a real smooth ride.
I think there's also a light rail system in Jerusalem.
@@joshbenton4080 yes there is
WE HAVE TRAINS IN JERUSALEM VERY LONG AGO!
שלום, שמנו אריאל ושירה האחותי
עוד מחרתיים ניסע ברכבת לירושלים ויהיה לנו כיף בעיר העתיקה
Wow this looks very sleek
Siemens Desiro HC .. A Fast Train Service .. It will be fantastic to have a nice journey from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv & from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem .. Respect the Holy City, Jerusalem .. !! Though, I'm NOT ALLOWED in your country due to my Community Guidelines .. but in either way, Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰 .. !!
That is totally new for me! When I visited the country in 2013 and 2015 there was a train that everyone told us to NOT use because it was very slow and always late. So it seems they managed to fix the situation.
Back then you had to take the sherut mini bus taxi, to be shared by 10 people. It had its own charm too, to be honest, very Middle East vibe, I really enjoyed. I remember taking it outside of a station in a Southern district of Tel Aviv.
An entirely new rote was built, using tunnels and bridges to make it as fast as possible.
What nice railroads. Now I want to try them.
It was my weekly commute! Thanks for sharing. The train schedule screen outside of Yitzak Navon wasn’t there when I was there. Seems very convenient with it.
Very nice video man! Fun fact you forgot to mention is that the brigde at 7:25 is The longest in isreal, which is soon to be bypassed by a new rail constructed along route 431.
I did not know that! Its quite an impressive line
Excellent review i hope you enjoyed the trip
To the Israeli engineers I just want to say. Todah arba! HEB for thank you very much!
(Roberto, please correct the typo. It should be "raba".)
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Huh? Do you support Israel or..... Something?
@@NatioNababanof course. Iam ex moslem indonesian support israel
I have been in the road train in Jerusalem it's great. Thanks.
Amazing journey and station (in Jerusalem).
Congratulations for the fantastic footage 👏 Great job 👍
Glad you enjoyed it :-)
I really liked their train and general system of travel.
Very interresting video. I am so glad I discovered your channel. So many great videos to explore.
I like your style of the video. Your narration, and what you choose to show.
Thank you very much!
Tack Simon!
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Great trains in Israel, love it from Morocco 🇲🇦❤️🇮🇱
If you love them, you should take them back to morroco, give them a state in Morroco, expel your own morrocon citizens, give them your cities and put morrocons in refugee camps. Will see how you are going to feel about it!
Awesome! Looking forward to travelling on this in a few days 🤠
Hope you enjoy it!
G professor Michael hockerman
An interesting fact to add to this discussion is that even though in Israel road travel and in-city light rail (such as was seen in this video at the beginning, outside the Jerusalem Navon station) is on the right, the intercity train system of Israel Railways is as if in Great Britain, traveling on the left. I have no idea why this is. One should be aware of this in choosing which platform to go to.
Really? Wow I'd never noticed that! Probably some historical reasons left over from the Mandate era
@@emj519 I'm sure that's the reason.
Also to be aware when crossing 😊
Very impressive.
thank you for showing
I used to travel the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem railway twice. It's the best way to travel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in a short time.
The older Tel Aviv-Jerusalem railway was more panoramic but it took more time to travel and the station in Jerusalem (Malcha) is far from the city centre.
GREAT RAILWAYS no word to speak.
I love riding the Trains,on some day,i should travel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.
Impressive achievement from Israel. Although the train isn't high speed, the affordable ticket price makes it good for mass transit.
The high speed trains need a long distance to travel and demand.
IT IS HIGH SPEED! TROLL! WE DONT NEED THESE CRAZY DRIVERS HERE LIKE EUROPE AND USA! A TRAIN IS NOT AN AIRPLAIN!
ABSOLUTELY, FANTASTIC! ISRAEL'S VERSION OF FLORIDA'S BRIGHTLINE!
This is a very nice train ride.
I took this train a few weeks ago. It's FAST and spacious
I ride this train to work in the opposite direction twice a week (I live by Holon-Wolfson station and make a connection in TA).
The train ride is very smooth pleasant, too bad the transportation in Jerusalem isn't adequate to my needs. Ended up looking for another job because of that.
Awesome video ! I like this HOLY TRAIN......😃
Excellent. Post more pics of your country please. Show the world what a prosperous country u hav. Shalom from broken SA.
Great ride 👌
Great video, It's nice to see the train from foreign eyes
Thank you very much!
Very very nice gorgeous station cool
Nice train and service
Absolutely beautiful 😊
In latest 5-10 years israelian economy progressed from midle-rich economy to hiper-rich. Israel is one of the most developed countries in the world at the moment, in top 15, even top 10 maybe.
israel has impressive macro level ratios but once you scratch the surface you find huge issues
Hace 75 años ese trayecto era campo de batalla. Cada pueblo tiene lo que 😊se merece según su esfuerzo y perseverancia.
I found your channel thanks to my brother. Good job, really. Keep it up!
Awesome! Thank you!
Very impressive - and modern
First video of yours that I'm watching, was very pleased and surprised for the high quality review and editing, and also from your research, way to go! Subbed and liked :)
How would you rate Israel by public transport standards?
Thank you for the kind words 😊. The investments into the railway is great in Israel but I feel like the urban transportation within the large cities still were very reliant on busses that get stuck in traffic unfortunately, but in general I had no trouble getting around which is good 👍
Beautiful electric trains [ EMU,s ] and electric locomotives in Israel good job Israel Railways !!
Awesome👍
Thanks 🤗
Awesome video!
I've only been by bus between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, in 2015 and 2016 but this looks good. Looking forward to visiting Denmark again too, btw...
Great job
Fantastic news Shalom
❤❤❤very nice !!!
great video
2:35 - The market was there already, Prior to this line, the only methods to get to the center of Jerusalem was either by a bus or a car, which were slow due to traffic both in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. There is another train line to Jerusalem but its nowhere as fast as this one nor does it go to the center of the city. People were waiting for this line to open for years. Considering that Tel Aviv metro area population is over 3.5 million, and Jerusalems is 1.2 millions and the two together are the 2 busiest cities in Israel, no wonder the new train station in Jerusalem became one of the most busiest in the network in such short amount of time.
Yes we have a great train system in Israel
When I was there last year, they were still building it. Hopefully I can use it when I go this year.
You should! Its a great ride and its cheap!
Thank you for such an informative and pleasant introduction to Israelian Railways. I hope for the company that at such a low price ( compared to long distance trains in Germany) enough people will use it that they don't haveto close it or other.
This would have been AMAZING to have back in 1995 (last time I was in Israel); when the main mode was either slower train or bus between Jerusalem & Tel Aviv.
It's DEFINITELY better and faster in between the two cities now.
Big like!!!👍👍👍❤
Big thanks :-D
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love it 😊
Very impressive to see Israel highly advanced in today's technology. Wish them good luck for further improvement! Similar videos create a significant enthusiasm in the minds of tourists from all over the World - to go and spend the holidays in Israel. If I have the chance I never hesitate.
Israel is past, present and future.
A game changer!
I never knew about them till now.
Can you ride them to haifa Israel too sir? How much will it cost to go to Haifa from tell aviv?
nice video simon thanks 4upl
Thanks for watching ❤️
Thanx man! I have yet to try this brand-new, and long overdue, TA-J'lem line, but what I experienced taking the train from TA-Central to Haifa Bat-Galim and back last Wednesday was almost pleasant even though the train was full of mainly university students with their ubiquitous laptop computers. I have lived in Israel since 1976, and the horrendous public transportation system has improved very little since then, while the population has more than doubled. The only two areas of obvious progress have been the (almost) cash-free payment method, Rav-Kav a.s.o., that has sped up boarding time, and the railroads which barely existed back then. The trains, however, and for some reason, still move at the pace of a Bernese snail afflicted with rheumatism! Other than that, city buses have changed very little with the exception of some carriages being actually electrical and having realistic air-conditioning. City transit, with the exception of Jerusalem where one can go places relatively efficiently with the light rail tramway, is still the bladder-bursting ordeal it always was, with VERY long waits at unsheltered sidewalk stations and obligatory participation in every conceivable traffic jam, and no real possibility to estimate time of arrival nor any chance to get where you need to go before your own deodorant's expiry date!
Israel still seems very car dependent, but things are changing it seems, loads of cool railway and light rail projects going on, hopefully it will be a much more walkable place in the nearish future
@@Simon-Andersen The Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area's light rail project is a scam, and a Chinese CP scam at that. There are lots of open trenches causing endless traffic snarls everywhere, but nothing is ever seen working in them. That thing was scheduled to be delivered in 2021. Trust the Chinese to have built whatever they did build, with their famous tofu dregs technology!
Wow! Very nice videos. Thanks for sharing this! What did you say about this? Can I used app on my iPhone? So can I download it?
Yes you can buy tickets on your iPhone with the Moovit app :)
Is there a similar train one can pick up that continues to haifa?
Also, do you know if the monthly israeli rail pass of 220 Shekels providws unlimited rail
Travel?
Thank you !
I dont know about the pass, but there are plenty of trains from Tel Aviv to Haifa about 2-3 every hour
Very very nice video
Out of all the train lines in the world, I most want to see this one
I would more closely compare the security checks to those of a mall than an airport
Also thanks for covering my country!
Great video, I really love the train system in Israel and I prefer to take the train whenever I can though sadly they aren't enough lines here. most of the north of Israel where I live isn't connected and taking the bus or a car to most destination is much faster. though thankfully the railway is expending all the time and my city would be connected via rail to Hiafa which will make train journeys to other parts of Israel much more convenient. By the way they are also planning to build high speed rail from Haifa to Tel Aviv.
2:57 one of our regional train lines RE1/RE4 RRX uses siemens desiro HC
Yup its the same model as RRX has :)
The one and only time I took a train from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was 25-30 years ago on the even then very old rail line, probably dating to the Ottoman years and long since superseded by this one, on ancient pre-WWII trains you'd probably only find in a museum these days. It was very slow but also very scenic, its one advantage over this line, which I've not yet taken but hope to later this year when I visit. I wonder what they did with the old line, perhaps turned it into a rails-to-trails bike, run and walking trail?
I think service on the old line is currently "suspended" probably wont even come back into service but i think the rails are still intact. It was cut during covid afaik
@@Simon-Andersen Yeah I ended up looking it up. I'm sure that eventually it'll be turned into something that serves tourists, history buffs, nature lovers, runners and cyclists. I've always wanted to cycle from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and this would probably be the safest and most scenic way. Perhaps they're concerned about safety?
Very good!
My favourite Train
Well done Israeli Railway.
I believe they are going to change the Jerusalem trains back to the Bombardier Double Deck ones as the Desiro HC ones can't handle the amount of passengers on this route during peak hours.
Catching an IC3 is pretty rare nowadays.
That would make a lot of sense, both my train to and from Jerusalem were busy. I managed to catch a IC3 on the Haifa to Beit She'an line :-)
@@Simon-Andersen Did you do an essay on that too?
Did they say that? I wouldn't be happy about that, since the Desiro HCs are much nicer.
@@Daniel-jv1ku They're stuffed with people.
@@Daniel-jv1ku They aren't all that nice, the seats are much less comfortable (very upright and hard material), and the ride is much bumpier & louder than on the Bombardier trainsets.
Love upper deck best that where I would sit
Is it necessary to buy the tickets in advance? Or are the trains empty enough on any given day to buy them on the spot?
You can only buy them on the spot, the only way for these trains to sell out is if there is no physical space for you to get on
I've never seen another country do double decker trains like we do here in Sydney Australia. I disagree with the other comment below that the trains in Australia are poor, perhaps if you are in Brisbane or Melbourne, yes, but in Sydney the trains are absolutely state of the art. This is legitimately. The first time I've seen another country have a double decker train like this that meets in the middle on one level for the door exit. I can't wait to go back to Jerusalem and get on the train to and from Tel Aviv. V.v. xx 🇮🇱💪🏽🇮🇱 💙💙
I can't wait to visit Australia some day! Melbourne and Sydney both have great urban rail systems, it's more the interstate trains that's lacking from my understanding
When I fly to Israel from airport will ride in it not have to mess with cabs or city buses
So, these trains are basically exactly the same as the RRX sets in Germany, right? The seats look only different in their color and the non-leather headrest.
(Otherwise they have a different electric system and Israel has the longer version as well)
Yes its the same model modified for use in Israel :-)
Also seems very similar to S-Bahn trains around Zürich 😅
הכל מתחיל ונגמר בלהיות שם אחד בשביל השני!
Thanks for a great video! Just a tiny tip: it takes 15 to 20 seconds on an elevator instead of ~7 minutes using escalators. That's why most of the folks use them 😉
Great tip! Will have to do that next time i visit :D
cannot wait to be in Israel!
Enjoy your trip!
@@Simon-Andersen obrigado thanks todah raba!
ماشاء الله 👌💯
Great video! Enjoyed it and very impressive system and noted how clean stations & train was. Hopefully you will do similar videos on the new Tel Aviv light rail/metro system nearly completed by Chinese firms I recall. Imagine one day in the not too distant future taking fast luxury trains from Israel to Beirut , Cairo(as they did in the 20/1930's, Amman ; Riyadh or even UAE ! Why not ? Its feeable and very beneficial for exports to EU from Israeli ports
Historically, you did have the option to go from Al Quds/Jerusalem to Baghdad through Amman, from Baghdad you had the opportunity to go to Delhi or London. Really cool thing ngl.
I just hope the Israel - Palestine problem seizes. Once they stop focusing on discriminating on Arabs that is when the rest of the middle east would be a better place.
Palestine and Israel shouldn't be seperate nations. They should be one nation, that is both Israel and Palestine. With less discrimination and harm from either side. If that happens then people will actually acknowledge that Palestinians are free from having combat.
@@Moshimulations "Once they stop focusing on discriminating on Arabs that is when the rest of the middle east would be a better place. "...Huh? Do you know what will happen if a Jew lives in a the Westbank? Talk about Apartheid! Do you know how many Arab doctors work in Jerusalem? Do you know who is the head of Urology in Hadassah, Jerusalem? Do you know the judges that put an ex Israeli president in jail? Etc etc...obviously you have no idea.
@@telemachus53 I have no problem with Jewish people. Israel's objective is to deport natives. No wonder why the rest of the middle east is incredibly upset with Israel.
@@telemachus53 You already know that the middle east is becoming peaceful since they are speaking to their "enemies" inspite of what the west wants.
@@telemachus53 The US had a black president, and look at what they do to blacks. Palestinian faces in high places do not guarantee decent conditions for ordinary Palestinians. South Africa has a black president but economic conditions for most blacks have not improved.
Jerusalem Capital of Israel Jews city God's blessed city yes its true God bless