Coastal railway line, Israel
The Coastal railway line (Hebrew: מסילת החוף, romanized: mesilat ha-ḥof) is a mainline railway in Israel, which begins just south of the Lebanon-Israel border on the Mediterranean coast, near the town of Nahariya in Northern Israel and stretches almost the entire Mediterranean coast of the country, to just north of the border with the Gaza Strip in the south.
| Coastal railway line | |
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A Double-decker train on the Coastal line south of Haifa in 2008 | |
| Overview | |
| Native name | מסילת החוף |
| Status | Operating |
| Locale | Israel |
| Service | |
| System | Israel Railways |
| Technical | |
| Number of tracks | 2 – 4 |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Loading gauge | UIC GC |
| Electrification | 25kV AC, 50Hz OCS |
| Operating speed | 160 km/h (99 mph) |
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