INVESTMENT TRANSFORMS ISRAEL RAILWAYS

The Israeli government starved Israel Railways (IR) of investment for years, but when responsibility for the railway was transferred in 1988 from the Ministry of Transport to the new public enterprise, the Ports and Railways Authority, things began to happen. Accumulated profits from the former Ports Authority began to be transferred, starting the process of investment that is transforming the railway. Today, IR sports new rolling stock with more on order, new or upgraded infrastructure with more new lines to be built and more existing ones modernized, and new commuter stations with yet more being built or planned

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

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  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Publication Date: 2000-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 27-29
• Serial:
  • INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY JOURNAL AND RAPID TRANSIT REVIEW
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Investments; Privatization; Profits; Public private partnerships; Public transit
• Identifier Terms: Israel Railways
• Geographic Terms: Israel
• Subject Areas: Economics; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00801871
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 8 2001 12:00AM