Carmelit

Carmelit
כרמלית‎
كرمليت‎
Carmelit; כרמלית‎; كرمليت‎
	The new Carmelit - Train No 1.
Overview
Status	In service
Owner	Haifa Municipality
Locale	Haifa
Termini	Carmel Center; Downtown;
Stations	6
Website	www.carmelithaifa.co.il
Service
Type	Funicular Subway
Services	1
Operator(s)	The Carmelit Haifa Company Ltd.
Rolling stock	4 Von Roll (now Doppelmayr) funicular cars ; 2 per train
Ridership	732,664 (2012)
History
Opened	October 6, 1959; 65 years ago
Technical
Line length	1.8 km (1.1 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Character	1
Track gauge	1,980 mm (6 ft 6 in)
Operating speed	28 km/h (17 mph)
Highest elevation	268 m (879 ft) above sea level
Route diagram
Route diagram
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The Carmelit (Hebrew: כַּרְמְלִית Arabic: كرمليت) is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel. Construction started in 1956 and ended in 1959. It is the oldest underground transit system in the Middle East and was the only underground transit system in Israel until the 2023 opening of Tel Aviv Light Rail.^[3] The Carmelit has closed down for repair on three occasions.

^ Lerman, Eyal (February 7, 2013). "זינוק של 20% בנסיעה בכרמלית" [20% Jump in Carmelit Trips]. MyNet (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
^ "Israel railways - Passenger stations & stops" (PDF). May 2004 – via Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists. Scan of original typed document.
^ "Light Rail". tel-aviv.gov.il. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

[1] Lerman, Eyal (February 7, 2013). "זינוק של 20% בנסיעה בכרמלית" [20% Jump in Carmelit Trips]. MyNet (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on February 14, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

[2] "Israel railways - Passenger stations & stops" (PDF). May 2004 – via Jim Fergusson's Railway and Tramway Station Lists. Scan of original typed document.

[3] "Light Rail". tel-aviv.gov.il. Retrieved March 6, 2021.

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