tel aviv savidor central railway station the location of the israel railways head office . type state owned traded as tase rail.b2 industry railways headquarters tel aviv savidor central railway station tel aviv israel area served israel key people boaz tzafrir ceo services rail transport cargo transport revenue 866 milliom 2012 operating income 1 billion 1 2016 net income 1.5 billion 2 2014 owner government of israel number of employees 1 900 2015 website www.rail.co.il israel railways locale israel dates of operation 1948 present track gauge 1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in electrification no length 1 138 km website www.rail.co.il israel railways corporation ltd. dba israel railways hebrew rakevet yisra el arabic is the state owned principal railway company responsible for all inter city commuter and freight rail transport in israel . all its lines are standard gauge . the network is centered in israel s densely populated coastal plain from which lines radiate out in many directions . unlike road vehicles and city trams israeli railway trains run on the left hand tracks matching neighboring egypt and other middle eastern countries whose formerly connected rail networks were constructed by british engineers . the head office is located at the tel aviv savidor central railway station in tel aviv . 3 until 1980 the head office was located at the haifa central station . tzvi tzafriri the general manager of israel railways decided to move the head office to tel aviv savidor . in may 2009 yediot aharonot said that israel railways was planning to move the head office to lod . in response the company said this was necessary to centralize the various offices around israel to use a more central location in the country and to have more inexpensive land . the company said this was also central to a major railway station . 4 contents 1 stations 1.1 bicycle policy 1.2 smoking 1.3 list of stations 2 lines 2.1 future 3 rolling stock 3.1 current 3.1.1 locomotives 3.1.2 multiple units 3.1.3 carriages 3.2 retired 4 performance 5 notable accidents 6 see also 7 bibliography 8 references 9 external links stations edit there are more than sixty four stations on the israel railways network with almost all the of the stations equipped with accessibility help for disabled audio system vending machines and parking . bicycle policy edit bicycles are permitted on board the train in designated coaches from sunday to thursday between 09 00 15 00 and 19 00 06 00 . on fridays bicycles are permitted at all hours while on saturdays bicycles are not permitted at any time . folding bicycles are allowed onto the train during all hours of operation without a dedicated carrying case . the bicycle is required to be folded prior to entering the premises of the station . tricycles are illegal at all times . 5 smoking edit in israel smoking is prohibited in public enclosed places or commercial areas via several laws particularly since 1983 the israel clean air act in hebrew . 6 the law was amended in 2007 so that owners are held accountable for smoking in premises under their responsibility . the second means by which smoking is regulated in israel is via the environmental hazard law 7 and via criminal law smoking or the introduction of second hand smoke may even be considered an assault . 8 9 all though smoking in railway stations is allowed at designated zones of the station the sale of tobacco from automated vending machines is prohibited . list of stations edit v t e israel railways route map legend nahariya acre kiryat motzkin kiryat hayim hutzot hamifratz lev hamifratz haifa center hashmona haifa bat galim haifa hof hacarmel atlit binyamina hod hasharon sokolov caesaria pardes hana kfar sava nordau hadera west rosh ha ayin north netanya petah tikva sguila beit yehoshu a petah tikva kiryat aryeh herzliya bnei brak tel aviv university modi in center pa ate modi in tel aviv savidor center ben gurion airport tel aviv hashalom tel aviv hahagana holon junction kfar chabad holon wolfson lod ganne aviv bat yam yoseftal lod ramla bat yam komemiyut be er ya akov beit shemesh rishon letsiyyon moshe dayan rishon letsiyyon harishonim jerusalem biblical zoo rehovot jerusalem malha yavne west yavne east ashdod ad halom ashdod ad halom kiryat gat ashkelon lehavim rahat sderot netivot ofakim be er sheva north university be er sheva center dimona station city airport district nahariya nahariya north district akko acre acre kiryat motzkin kiryat motzkin haifa district kiryat haim haifa hutzot hamifratz haifa lev hamifratz haifa haifa center hashmona haifa haifa bat galim haifa haifa hof hacarmel haifa atlit atlit binyamina binyamina giv at ada caesarea pardes hanna pardes hanna karkur caesarea hadera ma arav hadera netanya netanya central district beit yehoshua beit yehoshua hod hasharon sokolov hod hasharon kfar saba nordau kfar saba rosh haayin rosh haayin petah tikva sgula petah tikva petah tikva kiryat aryeh petah tikva bnei brak bnei brak tel aviv district herzliya herzliya tel aviv university tel aviv tel aviv savidor central tel aviv tel aviv hashalom tel aviv tel aviv hahagana tel aviv ben gurion airport ben gurion airport central district paatei modi in modi in maccabim re ut modi in central modi in maccabim re ut ramla ramla beit shemesh beit shemesh jerusalem district biblical zoo jerusalem jerusalem malha jerusalem holon junction holon tel aviv district holon wolfson holon bat yam yoseftal bat yam bat yam komemiyut bat yam rishon lezion moshe dayan rishon lezion central district yavne west yavne ashdod ad halom ashdod southern district ashkelon ashkelon sderot sderot netivot netivot ofakim ofakim beersheba north beersheba beersheba center beersheba lines edit israel railways lines as of fall 2015 regional map of past and present railway lines israel railways passenger routes are divided into nine operational lines terminus north intermediate stations terminus south major destinations nahariya akko kiryat motzkin kiryat haim hutzot hamifratz lev hamifratz haifa center haifa bat galim haifa hof hacarmel atlit binyamina tel aviv university tel aviv savidor central railway station tel aviv hashalom tel aviv hahagana lod kiryat gat lehavim beersheba north beersheba center nahariya akko hakrayot haifa atlit binyamina giv at ada or akiva tel aviv ramat gan lod kiryat gat lehavim rahat beersheba kiryat motzkin kiryat haim hutzot hamifratz lev hamifratz haifa center haifa bat galim haifa hof hacarmel hakrayot haifa binyamina caesarea pardes hanna hadera ma arav netanya beit yehoshua herzliya tel aviv university tel aviv savidor central railway station tel aviv hashalom tel aviv hahagana kfar chabad lod be er ya akov rehovot yavne east ashdod ashkelon binyamina or akiva caesarea industrial zone pardes hanna karkur hadera beit yehoshua even yehuda herzliya tel aviv ramat gan kfar chabad lod be er ya akov rehovot ness ziona yavne ashdod ashkelon kfar silver hod hasharon kfar saba rosh haayin tzafon petah tikva segula kiryat arye bnei brak tel aviv university tel aviv savidor central railway station tel aviv hashalom tel aviv hahagana holon junction holon wolfson bat yam yoseftal bat yam komemiyut rishon lezion moshe dayan yavne west ashdod ashkelon sderot netivot ofakim beersheba north beersheba center kfar saba hod hasharon rosh haayin neve yerek petah tikva bnei brak ramat gan tel aviv holon bat yam rishon lezion yavne ashdod ashkelon sderot netivot beersheba tel aviv hahagana lod ganei aviv lod rishon lezion harishonim tel aviv lod rishon lezion ness ziona herzliya tel aviv university tel aviv savidor central railway station tel aviv hashalom tel aviv hahagana lod ramla beit shemesh biblical zoo jerusalem malha herzliya tel aviv ramat gan lod ramla beit shemesh jerusalem tel aviv savidor central tel aviv hashalom tel aviv hahagana lod kiryat gat lehavim center beersheba north beersheba center tel aviv ramat gan lod kiryat gat lehavim rahat beersheba beersheba north dimona beersheba dimona tel aviv savidor central ben gurion airport paatei modi in modi in central tel aviv modi in maccabim re ut future edit the flagship project of israel railways is the construction of an improved rail line from tel aviv to jerusalem . the line will begin as an extension of the current railway to ben gurion airport and modi in and will terminate in a new underground station beside the jerusalem central bus station . an additional proposal would connect modi in to jerusalem by connecting to the aforementioned line . 10 a 23.5 kilometres 14.6 mi line from the city of acre on the mediterranean coast to karmiel is under construction as of 2015 ; it is planned to be extended north to the north eastern town of qiryat shemona though there is no timetable for construction . this line will be fully electrified . 11 in 2011 the reconstruction and expansion of the 60 kilometres 37 mi long formerly abandoned jezreel valley railway line connecting haifa and beit shean near the jordanian border started . this was completed in 2016 . there has been talk of further extending the line to irbid in jordan to allow a direct freight connection from jordan to the mediterranean sea however no decision has yet been made on this matter . another proposed extension under discussion would connect the reconstructed jezreel valley railway at afula to tiberias . 12 rolling stock edit current edit locomotives edit class image type top speed number remarks built mph km h emd g12 de locomotive 27 bo bo . 13 israel imported 23 from emd 1954 62 and captured four more from egyptian national railways in the 1967 six day war . some have been withdrawn and one 107 is now in the israel railway museum in haifa . 14 106 withdrawn after sabotage . 119 & 123 withdrawn after incidents . 130 never in service due to six day war . 1954 62 emd g26 de locomotive 12 15 1971 82 t44 de locomotive 60 100 1 16 emd prime mover . 1989 emd gt26cw 2 de locomotive 7 number 701 is an original emd unit delivered in 1989 . 710 716 are nre ngt26 variants which are completely rebuilt like new locomotives delivered starting in august 2015 . 1989 alstom prima jt 42cw de locomotive 68 110 8 series 702 709 . emd prime mover . 1996 alstom prima jt 42bw de locomotive 87 140 48 series 731 778 . emd prime mover . 1996 2006 ga de900 locomotives de locomotive 50 80 3 series 261 263 . nowadays used only for shunting . only non emd powered diesel locomotives in ir s fleet . 1997 vossloh euro 3200 de locomotive 100 160 24 series 1301 1324 . with modifications capable of 200 km h. emd prime mover . 2011 13 vossloh euro 4000 de locomotive 80 130 14 series 1401 1414 . emd prime mover . 2011 bombardier traxx ac electric locomotive 100 160 62 32 options 11 ordered in 2015 11 multiple units edit class image top speed number remarks built mph km h abb scandia ic3 112 17 180 17 9 42 50 dmu s. the introduction of ic3 trains in the early 1990s marked the beginning of a political recommitment to major improvements in the services of israel railways . 42 50 purchased from sj in 2005 . 31 was scrapped after an incident near revadim on august 10 2006 . 18 19 21 25 possibly out of service . 1990 100 17 160 17 10 01 10 1992 31 11 41 1994 96 emu 100 160 60 tender published in may 2016 . includes two basic double deck sets short composed of 4 units and long 6 units . 2019 carriages edit class image type top speed number remarks built mph km h alstom single deck push pull 100 160 37 assembled in israel by haargaz . 5 generator driving coaches 32 carriages . 19 1996 bombardier double deck push pull 20 87 140 to be retro fitted to 160 24 driving and generator trailer pc 103 series 401 424 . two trailers out of operation 21 2001