September 24, 2016
7:54 pm

Work being carried out between the Herzliya rail station and Tel Aviv on September 4, 2016. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)

Tel Aviv train stations to reopen Sunday, ending traffic nightmare

Commuters can breath a sigh of relief as rail company announces end to infrastructure work, 3 days ahead of schedule

By Times of Israel staff

September 19, 2016
12:14 pm

Traffic, commuters snarl as rail work closes Tel Aviv stations

First of eight days of expected disruptions causes jams, confusion around shuttles as three of four stops shuttered to make way for Jerusalem line

By Times of Israel staff

September 19, 2016
6:40 am

Travelers at central Tel Aviv's central Savidor station checking a schedule, where no trains northbound are listed, on September 3, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Tel Aviv commuters face eight days without trains

Repair and upgrade work shutters three of metropolis’s four railway stations, forcing hundreds of thousands onto highways

By Times of Israel staff

September 18, 2016
10:31 pm

Chairman of the Finance Committee, Moshe Gafni, leads a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on September 6, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Amid row over Shabbat work, finance panel delays train funding

After weekend railway work suspended, committee headed by ultra-Orthodox MK stalls vote on NIS 600m for railways

By Times of Israel staff

September 16, 2016
2:34 am

View of the Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station, September 3, 2016. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox MKs protest Shabbat train work

Heads of haredi parties demand meeting with police commissioner – to explain the day’s sanctity, they say

By Times of Israel staff

September 11, 2016
2:35 pm

An Israel Railways train passes the Ayalon Highway, near the Arlozorov Street 'Central' train station in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Major traffic expected as 3 Tel Aviv rail stations to close for week

On heels of political feud over Shabbat construction on trains, Israel Railways announces 8-day closure to work on express line to Jerusalem

By Times of Israel staff

September 8, 2016
5:00 pm

Shabbat train work to resume this weekend despite political feud

Labor minister says Israel Railways will continue infrastructure, repair work on Jewish day of rest, sparking ultra-Orthodox anger

By Times of Israel staff and AFP

September 6, 2016
6:14 pm

File: Benjamin Netanyahu boards a train from Tel Aviv to Beersheba on November 13, 2012. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

High Court says PM can’t halt train work on Shabbat

Days after commuting chaos caused by nixed weekend repair work, bench issues temporary injunction permitting Israel Railways to continue construction on day of rest

By Tamar Pileggi

September 6, 2016
1:55 pm

Yesh Atid party chairman MK Yair Lapid at a Knesset faction meeting, June 27, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

TV poll: Yesh Atid on track to be Israel’s largest party

Channel 2 finds that if elections were held today, Lapid would likely become PM with 24 seats, pushing Netanyahu’s Likud into second place with 22

By Sara Miller

September 5, 2016
3:11 pm

Shabbat can’t be a political chess piece

It’s time for Jewish leaders across denominations to come together to decide what the modern day of rest is all about

By David Stav

September 5, 2016
3:05 pm

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting, April 17, 2016. (Flash90/Effi Sharir)

On the slow train to Firedsville

All aboard the Blametown Express, as the press takes readers on a tortuous (and Shabbat-friendly) journey through the twists and turns of if and when Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz might be sacked

By Joshua Davidovich

September 4, 2016
11:01 pm

After commuting nightmare, trains roll back into service

Amid ongoing political crisis, daylong travel discord alleviated by reopening of Tel Aviv-Haifa lines

By Stuart Winer and Raoul Wootliff

September 4, 2016
6:21 pm

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on September 4, 2016 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Netanyahu seeks to end feud with transportation minister

PM’s chief of staff meets with Yisrael Katz, who is unlikely to be fired despite accusation he attempted ‘putsch’

By Times of Israel staff

September 4, 2016
4:53 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, seen next to Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz at the weekly cabinet meeting at Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem, September 4, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Train crisis goes to heart of religion-state debate, but won’t derail government

Dispute over what public work gets done on Shabbat has brought chaos on the streets and within Likud, but the Haredim ultimately got what they wanted — and so the coalition will live another day

By Raphael Ahren

September 4, 2016
3:19 pm

Traffic on Ayalon highway runs past the Arlozorov Train Station in Tel Aviv on June 23, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Traffic unsnarls after train stoppage makes mess of morning commute

Police report movement ‘as usual’ along nation’s highways after hours of traffic jams from Netanyahu-Katz spat

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: Israel Railways

Tel Aviv train stations to reopen Sunday, ending traffic nightmare

Commuters can breath a sigh of relief as rail company announces end to infrastructure work, 3 days ahead of schedule

Traffic, commuters snarl as rail work closes Tel Aviv stations

First of eight days of expected disruptions causes jams, confusion around shuttles as three of four stops shuttered to make way for Jerusalem line

Tel Aviv commuters face eight days without trains

Repair and upgrade work shutters three of metropolis’s four railway stations, forcing hundreds of thousands onto highways

Amid row over Shabbat work, finance panel delays train funding

After weekend railway work suspended, committee headed by ultra-Orthodox MK stalls vote on NIS 600m for railways

Ultra-Orthodox MKs protest Shabbat train work

Heads of haredi parties demand meeting with police commissioner – to explain the day’s sanctity, they say

Major traffic expected as 3 Tel Aviv rail stations to close for week

On heels of political feud over Shabbat construction on trains, Israel Railways announces 8-day closure to work on express line to Jerusalem

Shabbat train work to resume this weekend despite political feud

Labor minister says Israel Railways will continue infrastructure, repair work on Jewish day of rest, sparking ultra-Orthodox anger

High Court says PM can’t halt train work on Shabbat

Days after commuting chaos caused by nixed weekend repair work, bench issues temporary injunction permitting Israel Railways to continue construction on day of rest

TV poll: Yesh Atid on track to be Israel’s largest party

Channel 2 finds that if elections were held today, Lapid would likely become PM with 24 seats, pushing Netanyahu’s Likud into second place with 22

Shabbat can’t be a political chess piece

It’s time for Jewish leaders across denominations to come together to decide what the modern day of rest is all about

On the slow train to Firedsville

All aboard the Blametown Express, as the press takes readers on a tortuous (and Shabbat-friendly) journey through the twists and turns of if and when Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz might be sacked

After commuting nightmare, trains roll back into service

Amid ongoing political crisis, daylong travel discord alleviated by reopening of Tel Aviv-Haifa lines

Netanyahu seeks to end feud with transportation minister

PM’s chief of staff meets with Yisrael Katz, who is unlikely to be fired despite accusation he attempted ‘putsch’

Train crisis goes to heart of religion-state debate, but won’t derail government

Dispute over what public work gets done on Shabbat has brought chaos on the streets and within Likud, but the Haredim ultimately got what they wanted — and so the coalition will live another day

Traffic unsnarls after train stoppage makes mess of morning commute

Police report movement ‘as usual’ along nation’s highways after hours of traffic jams from Netanyahu-Katz spat

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