Israeli transit consultant Aharon Gazit was given a tour of northern surface portion of the Tel Aviv Red Line, and these are csome of his pictures. The yard and shops are in Petach Tikvah
I’ll have to ask others to post the pictures.
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Another view of the Petach Tikvah Yard:
The Israeli Government’s Transpot Minister has announced that the Tel Aviv system will operate on the Jewish Sabbath. Certain Israeli Parliament (Knesset) members replied it will not.
To settle the issue, I have recommended automatic operation on the Sabbath.
Just incase a reader feels my reply is too religious for posting here, I’ll put my memorandum to the Transport Minister in a separate posting (next) for easier removal or modification by me or the Moderator
HaRikevet HaKallah HaShabbat
- Reason for this Memorandum
The Transport Minister announced that the Tel Aviv Light Rail system will operate on Shabbat. Religious MK’s announced this will not happen. This is clearly a controversy that prevents understanding and friendship between Religious and Secular Jewish Israelis. Secular Jews can complain that lack of public transportation on Shabbat denies them a freedom available in every other Democracy. Religious Jews can complain that public transportation on Shabbat violates the Sanctity of the Land, a Sanctity that makes Israel unique from other lands and discriminates against the religious that would pay for services they cannot use.
But there is a solution, and the ideas to be presented have received approval from teachers at my Yeshiva. The solution is completely automatic operation combining the technologies of collision avoidance, as in modern autos, Shabbat clocks that turn o
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Steve Sattler |
When we look at our little country from above, the biggest problem facing us is the bad transport situation. The roads are clogged, there are too many cars, people drive like ‘crazy’ and the bus service is far from ‘good’.
The main priority over the next few years must be to plan and build more rails, a smart distribution of bus services and force the car driver to leave his car at home.
This process will take years, as educating the driver and creating more public transport is a long-term activity. In the meantime, a quick and instant solution is to create ‘car-less’ days, whereby the driver gets the choice to either not use his car or pay a lot of extra money for the right to use a car on certain days and certain times.
A simple electronic Wi-Fi system that follows every car [ and truck] -on the road, can be installed in every car and then the computer does the calculations and sends the bill electronically to
The Trains and Tram Society of Israel.
Dear all,
The German company that has been hired to certify the communication system for the new Tel Aviv LIGHT-RAIL is still not prepared to confirm that the system is working well.
It seems that the new computer program will automatically stop the Light-rail trams at the slightest indication and slam-on the emergency brakes.
This is unacceptable.
Edited from 124News report
The Tel Aviv Light Rail Red Line will start public operation August 18, after years of delay, the Transportation Ministry announced Friday. Israel’s Transportation Minister Miri Regev assured that all necessary approvals to open the line had been received.
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The line connects Petah Tikva with Bat Yam, 15+miles, with 33 stations also serving Bnei Brak, Ramat Gan, and of course Tel Aviv.
Since the 18th is a Friiday, and I usually have lots to do on Fridays to prepare for the Sabbath, the timng denies me the opportunity to be a First Day ruder. Hope to try the system on the Sunday the 20th.
Ceremonial run past Thursday, opened Friday
Dear all,
a review.
Friday 18th August.
Some of us got to Navon station in Jerusalem at 08.20, We met
the rest of the group and took the IR A1 train to Savidor/Arlorozov
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Steve Sattler |
The new Tel Aviv light -rail system has completed 1 month of public service. The trains are full both mornings and evenings and for sports events. The general appreciation by the public is excellent. The Tel Aviv city transport department already says that cars coming into the city from the South and along the Jabotinsky route at the NE, are down by 30%.
Steve Sattler from Globes. (Translated)
My canera is still a que waiting for repair, but I finally did get to ride the Tel Aviv Red Line. It is longer than Jerusalem’s, and while the operation in the sustantial subway portion is fast, the surface operatuion is slower. End-end running time is about 80 minutes.
The surprises to me were:`1. unacceptable to me noise levels in the subway, with zero sounf-absorbing material in the tunnels, and 2. an unsigned, complex, and overly-long walk between the Arlozorov subway and railroad stations, with a connecting pedestrian tunnel still under construction.
But the underground stations are reasonably quiet, because of full-height edge-of-platform, mostly glass, walls. Train operation is automatic underground (manuel on-the-surface), and the train doors match the wall doors.