Transport in Israel by City - Transport in Beersheba, Transport in Haifa, Transport in Jerusalem, Transport in Tel Aviv, Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Transport in Beersheba, Transport in Haifa, Transport in Jerusalem, Transport in Tel Aviv, Jaffa-Jerusalem railway, Jerusalem Light Rail, High-speed railway to Jerusalem, Highway 20, Sde Dov Airport, Tel Aviv Light Rail, Jerusalem Central Bus Station, Red Line, Transport in Petah Tikva, Tel Aviv South Railway Station, Haifa Center HaShmona Railway Station, Haifa Bat Galim Railway Station, Haifa Hof HaCarmel Railway Station, Atarot Airport, Haifa Airport, Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station, Tel Aviv HaShalom Railway Station, Carmel Tunnels, Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station, Carmelit, Lev HaMifratz Railway Station, Old Tel Aviv Central Bus Station, Tel Aviv University Railway Station, Kiryat Haim Railway Station, Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station, Metrodan Beersheba, Jerusalem Malha Railway Station, Dan Bus Company, Jerusalem Binyanei HaUma Railway Station, Haifa Hof HaCarmel Central Bus Station, Metronit, Haifa Bat Galim Central Bus Station, Tel Aviv 2000 Terminal, Cable cars in Haifa, Transport in Bnei Brak, East Jerusalem Central Bus Station, Be'er Sheva Airport, Kfar Habad Railway Station, Lev HaMifratz Mall, HaMifratz Central Bus Station. Excerpt: The Jaffa-Jerusalem railway (also J & J) is a railroad that connected Jaffa and Jerusalem. The line was built in Ottoman Palestine by the French company Societe du Chemin de Fer Ottoman de Jaffa a Jerusalem et Prolongements and inaugurated in 1892, after previous attempts by the Jewish philanthropist Moses Montifiore failed. While the first rail track in the Middle East was laid elsewhere, the line is considered to be the first Middle Eastern railway. The line was originally built at 1 m narrow gauge, later rebuilt to 1.05 m and then to 1.435 m standard gauge. The line was operated by the French, the Ottomans and after World War I, the British. After its closure i...