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Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train

Israeli security forces and rescue workers gather at the Savidor Center train station that was hit by shrapnel after an Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv on March 18, 2026. (Jack Guez/AFP)
March 22, 2026, 6:33 pm
Jerusalem train line restarts after repairs to Tel Aviv station hit in Iranian attack
Jerusalem-Herzliya route was suspended after cluster munition damaged platforms at Savidor Center on Wednesday
By ToI Staff
Israel Railways workers perform repairs. August 21, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
August 24, 2025, 3:24 am
Tel Aviv train service to resume Sunday, after being suspended last week for repairs
Full, normal service to resume across Israel by September 1, Israel Railways says, but some routes to require additional transfers until then
By ToI Staff
Workers repair railway tracks after a shutdown caused by heavy damage to electric cable infrastructure, in Tel Aviv, August 16, 2025.(Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 19, 2025, 4:42 pm
Tel Aviv train service to stop for a week amid more maintenance work
Israel Railways says it will bring forward routine work, ‘taking advantage’ of the need to repair several hundred meters of electric infrastructure damaged by freight train
By ToI Staff
An artist's rendering of the proposed new train station in central Jerusalem by 2030, November 2022. (Israel Railways/Pelleg Architects)
December 1, 2022, 11:26 am
Jerusalem to build stations in city center for fast train service to & from Tel Aviv
Delivery of two new stops, one at intersection of Jaffa and King George and one near the First Station, set for 2030
By Danielle Nagler
Illustrative. A train at the Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem, on May 11, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90/File)
September 4, 2022, 7:58 pm
Overnight Jerusalem-Ben Gurion Airport-Tel Aviv train service to launch this month
Starting Sept. 17, trains will run once an hour in each direction Saturday through Wednesday nights, but not on Thursday — typically the main evening for nightlife in Israel
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich inaugurates the new high-speed train between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv's Savidor, at Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem on May 11, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 11, 2020, 12:21 pm
After virus fast-tracking, Jerusalem express train reaches Tel Aviv’s Savidor
With the rail system still shut, minister says efforts underway to check passengers’ temperatures without causing overcrowding at station entrances
By ToI Staff
Experimental drilling for a railway station at Jerusalem's Old City, May 9, 2020. (Emek Shaveh)
May 11, 2020, 9:41 am
Experimental drilling starts for controversial train route to Jerusalem Old City
Infrastructure panel initially rejected plan to extend fast rail, approved it under pressure from Transportation Minister Smotrich; involves excavating for 2 miles under Jerusalem
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Construction of the new Tel Aviv Light Rail, on Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa-Tel Aviv on February 25, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 31, 2020, 1:35 am
Near empty roads allow government to accelerate infrastructure projects
Construction being fast-tracked includes extension of Jerusalem-Tel Aviv high-speed train, light rails in both cities and expansion of fast lanes along Ayalon highway
By ToI Staff
A section of the high speed Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train line on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on September 25, 2018. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 18, 2020, 7:54 pm
Jordan condemns Israel’s plan to bring high-speed train to Western Wall
Amman calls proposal by transportation minister a ‘flagrant violation of international law’
By ToI Staff
The Western Wall, right, and the gilded Dome of the Rock, among the holiest sites for Jews and Muslims, are covered in snow, Dec. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
February 17, 2020, 6:20 pm
Minister says he’s advancing plan to extend Tel Aviv fast train to Western Wall
Controversial proposal would require excavating over two miles of tunnel beneath downtown Jerusalem and under the politically and historically sensitive Old City
By ToI Staff
The Tel Aviv-Jerusalem train seen seen outside of Jerusalem, December 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 22, 2019, 6:57 am
Ending wait, express train begins to chug between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
Passengers will now be able to make journey in about 30 minutes, though rail will only reach Tel Aviv’s Hagana station for now
By ToI Staff
A section of the high speed Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train line on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on September 25, 2018. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
December 18, 2019, 4:47 pm
Officials finally inaugurate Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train to ‘connect country’
11 years overdue and after countless setbacks and malfunctions, regular service on bridge-and-tunnel railway set to begin on Saturday night
By ToI Staff
A section of the high speed Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train line on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on September 25, 2018. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
December 12, 2019, 6:32 pm
Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train to finally start operating next week
After 11 years of delay and countless setbacks and malfunctions, schedule shows regular service will begin on December 21
By ToI Staff
A view of the Jerusalem to Ben Gurion Airport electric train seen near Jerusalem, September 25, 2018. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
November 17, 2019, 3:37 pm
Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train that actually reaches Tel Aviv begins test runs
Trial runs to travel twice an hour; Israel Railways says scheduled services should begin by the end of 2019, after 11 years of delays
By ToI Staff
A section of the high speed Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train line on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on September 25, 2018. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
September 6, 2019, 3:23 pm
Fast train completes first trial run of direct line between Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
Israel Railways says scheduled services should begin by the end of the year, finally launching high-speed connection between country’s capital and financial center
By ToI Staff
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