An error in the preceding posting. Meant to write 38, not 8! But now there are about 45.
A step forward is that there is now a new 84 Egged bus that directly comnnects the light rail stop nearest my apartment (Amunition Hill, British Mandate name that has not been changed) directly to the Mt. of Olives Cemetary. Previoiusly morners had to use taxis or private autos. There is a stop each direction not far from my Yeshiva, but not as close as the 48 line’s stop, and 48’s service has been reduced from 12 each day to six. The 48 originates at the same light rail stop, which is also the stop where most suburban busses interchange with the light rail line.
The reduction in service of the 48 may mean more trips for me on the Arab sector 275 from the Yeshiva’s back door to Damascus Gate near the light rail station of that name.
The way Citipass Light Rail, Jerusalem, handles lost monthly passes, may be unique in the industry, and may be of interest.
After renewing my monthly pass plastic for January, it was stolen or lost, along with my Israeli identification, and other important identifications. The first priority was Israeli identification, and this required a visit to first the Police lost-and-found, and then to Police Headquarters. This was followed by two visits to the Interior Ministry, with temporary identification provided, and a second on 24 January to activate my new identification card.
As soon as I received the temporary identification, I went to the Egged bus offices, where they produced a duplicate plastic, with my picture, from their computer files. But they said to activate, I would need to visit the Citipass offices, to which I went directly. They asked standard questions concerning the loss, and then told me I would need to first get the Police lost-and-found to verify it was lost. I pointed out that I had visited that office already, and that the Police Clerk there had agreed to email me if the lost identification and plastic pass were to show up. Finally, the Citipass office people agreed to activate it, and gave me a paper to sign, which I wrongly assumed only acknowledge the activation.
“Wrongly assume?” When I returned to the Yeshiva from the Interior Ministry, with the activated Israeli identification, a note from the bank was on my desk indicating 94.40 Sheckles had been withdrawn from my bank account by Citipass. The regular activation of the plastic for a month for senior citizens is 106.50, an
latest update from Jerusalem Post of 22 Feb. on expansion of the system:
Spanish-Israeli owned company TransJerusalem J-Net Ltd. was selected by an inter ministerial committee on Wednesday to construct the planned extension of the Jerusalem Light Rail and take over operations of the growing network.
Owned by Shapir Engineering and Spanish rail firm CAF, TransJerusalem J-Net was established for the purpose of competing for the Jerusalem JNET tender.
The second consortium bidding for the tender – Shikun & Binui and Egged, together with the Chinese company CRRC, Spanish firm COMSA, Portuguese corporation EFACEC and Polish service provider MPK – was unsuccessful.
The tender, for which bids were submitted by a May deadline, includes taking over the operation and maintenance of the
Two new photos, an interior picture and construction along my past regular bus coummute. (I now have much less walking and more enjoyment by leaving the 34 bus at the nearest light rail statioh, going downtown to Damascus Gate, Old Cty Wall, and then using the 255 or 275 to the back-door of the Yeshiva.)
A better view of what the “driver” (nahag) does and what he sees.
New track installation
27 KM of routes and more thann 50 new stops arebeing added to Jerusalem Light Rail.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, Edited and distiklked by DLK
AUGUST 11, 2021 21:50
The two of the four photos in the JR artikcle that I downloaded to my coputer/ This is on the southern extention of the Red Line, probably on Herzl Blvd,:
Is the fence temporary, or will the ROW stay separate?
My tentative answerf is: temporary.
It appears much like temporary fencing in constructing the existing line:
I don’t find it on the finished and operarting part of the Red Line:
But I cannot be certain. Different parts of Jerusalem may have specific requirements.
What I was really wonderind was if they would have a dedicated ROW, or share the road with autos. From the photos you showed it looks like they have their own separate ROW, at least in part.
Does this line and others have traffic light pre emption ?
With the exception of the grassed RoW (currently under repair) adjacent to the Old City Wall (picture posted above posting before repair work), all Jerusalem Light Rail is paved private RoW, strong enough to support tanks, anti=aircraft missal launchers, and field artillery; and is restricted to the light rail trains and emergency vehicles, including police and military vehicles and ambulances, which do use the RoW.
Also note this from a posting some four years ago:
The existing line has traffic-light ore-emption in spots, but definitely not everywhere it should.
And even the traffic systems for buses at the intercfhange stations need lots of improvemen.
Still, on balance, it is a good system, and I enjoy every use I make of it. Which ranges from no use on one day to four or five times on another.
My general moral on living in Jerusalem jumped 100% on its year 2012 opening. Only the Unification of 1967 (I began visiting in 1960, moved in 1996.) made more of a difference.
With new management, this old symbol for Citipass:
Has been replaced by:
With the Hebrew word Kafir; translation is “young lion/”
One Dave Klepper, age 17+, wearing his ROTC uniform, Oct. or Nov. 1949 in front of MIT on Massachusetts Avenue, with a Type-4 enrout from Memorial Drive to Watertown, via Central Square, between. The Vassar Street on the roll-sign is there because the operator could not find a Mrmorial Drive sign and picked the sign for the closest point he could find, and then did not change it for the return trip to Watertown:
Dave Klepper, age 88+, 2020, playing HaTikvah on the Jerusalem City Hall concrete piano, with an Alstom Citidas 302 light-rail train as background, Jack May photo with unknown lady-in-red:
71 years separate the photographs, but 100 years the rail-cars, 1912-1913 and 2012-2013. NP-Eddie, note the head covering!
What does a concrete piano use for a sounding board?
It’s really an electronic piano, with much the same technology as a synthesizer keyboard. A think the best answer to your question is “a good wide-range lousdspeaker.”
I’m posting this photo again, because the chartered bus sogn on the negative was badly deteriorated, and in the coirrecton on the first posting, I misread the sign on another posted image, and need to post the correction. I will also replace the original posted image:
I owe Bradley Clarke’s book Boston’s MTA, Boston Street Railway Association, publishers for the correction.