HaRakevet ISSN 0964-8763 Series 22 #3 Issue No. 86 September 2009 ,cfrv A Quarterly Journal on the Railways of the Middle East Edited and Published by Rabbi Dr. Walter Rothschild PhD Passauer Strasse 4, D-10789 Berlin, Germany e.mail:
[email protected] 86:01. Israel Railways Siemens train set at Tel Aviv Hashalom station, Sunday 9th. August 2009. All these sets currently have the loco at the north end, whilst the Double-Decker sets have the locos at the south end!. (Photo: Sybil Ehrlich). 86:03a Former IR (Yugoslav- built) coach 621 has been placed on a short length of track behind the sheds at Bnei Berak station - it can be moved a little to and fro but it is unclear what its new purpose is. Sybil Ehrlich, who stumbled across this vehicle in August, took the photo. see page 2 86:02 Editorial 86:04. NEWS Unfortunately work pressures have led to this issue also ‘slipping’ a little, from September to October and hence getting involved in the middle of the High Holy Days. FROM THE LINE. But the advantage is that we can report on how Israel railways deals with this period! Once more there is a vast amount of ‘current’ news which squeezes out some (i). PUSHING NEW SUBWAYS. of the historical material that I still have on file. But the changes really are dramatic. In The Israeli company Al-Trans En- terms not of Israel as such (or at least, not yet) but everywhere else in the region: I can gineering Infrastructure Works has won the do little better than quote from Samuel Rachdi in the latest Fahrplancenter News (from IR $0.95M tender to construct a pedestri- which much has been taken for 86:06): an subway under the line between Tel Aviv “This year is very important from a transport point of view.