متروی حیفا
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The Carmelit ( Arabic: كرمليت) is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel. Construction started in 1956 and ended in 1959. It is the oldest funicular railway and 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. The Carmelit has closed down for repair on three occasions.
Key facts
- Rail line.tracks
- 1
- Rail line.name
- Carmelit
- Rail line.color
- Red
- Rail line.logo
- Carmelit.svg
- Rail line.logo_width
- 250px
- Rail line.image
- The New Carmelit 08-10-2018.jpg
- Rail line.image_width
- 250px
- Rail line.caption
- The new Carmelit - Train No 1.
- Rail line.type
- Funicular Subway
- Rail line.status
- In service
- Rail line.locale
- Haifa
- Rail line.start
- Carmel Center
- Rail line.end
- Downtown
- Rail line.stations
- 6
- Rail line.routes
- 1
- Rail line.ridership2
- 732,664 (2012)
- Rail line.owner
- Haifa Municipality
- Rail line.operator
- The Carmelit Haifa Company Ltd.
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Carmelit Haifa - Connecting between city centers
Only an 8- minute drive separates between you and three of Haifa’s most major activity centers, containing various businesses, commercial areas
carmelithaifa.com →Link to the official site · 3,841 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rapid transit
- Named after
- Mount Carmel
- Official name
- כרמלית
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Haifa
- Official website
- www.carmelithaifa.com
- Image
- The New Carmelit 08-10-2018.jpg
- Length
- 1800
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- Commons category
- Carmelit
- inception
- 1959-00-00
- track gauge
- standard-gauge railway
- date of official opening
- 1959-00-00
- date of official closure
- 2017-08-04
- located in/on physical feature
- Mount Carmel
Sources (3)
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