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“This is a fast train which will take 28 minutes to get from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” noted Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz. “This will ensure Jerusalem’s status and will give people the ability to live in it, to set up businesses and will completely change the connection between Jerusalem and the rest of the State of Israel.”

‘This is a fast train which will take 28 minutes to get from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,’ said an Israeli minister.

An express-train route between Jerusalem-Tel Aviv made its first test run last Sunday, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 2.

“This is a fast train which will take 28 minutes to get from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,” noted Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz. “This will ensure Jerusalem’s status and will give people the ability to live in it, to set up businesses and will completely change the connection between Jerusalem and the rest of the State of Israel.”

The new Jerusalem-Tel Aviv line was tested with a freight train weighing some 1200 tons that was used to help ascertain the strength of the route’s bridges and rails. The freight train was also intended to help stabilize the line’s concrete and tracks.

The report also said that the route’s entire inspection process will last approximately a week, and if all goes well, the line will open in April of next year.

The construction of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem express-train line, is expected to cost some NIS 7 billion ($1.8 billion). The route will provide commuters between both cities with a much more convenient option of travel in terms of time. By car or bus, the commute between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem takes close to an hour without traffic.

An old train line from the Ottoman era, which is still in use and a much more roundabout route than the new train line, takes approximately an hour and a half to travel between both cities.

By: Walter Metuth
 (i24News.com)

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