Israel Railways

Israel Railways to reduce service in central Israel 'during peak hours only' for planned work

It was not immediately clear why the railway chose to perform the October 28-29 infrastructure work during peak hours, including rush hours, on two consecutive workdays right after the elections.

Passengers at Tel Aviv Savidor Central Railway Station, September 24, 2026.
A train seen at Tel Aviv Savidor Central Station, pictured in 2020; illustrative.

Trains between Tel Aviv, Lod halted temporarily due to suspicious item found on tracks

Traffic at the entrance to Jerusalem. August 09, 2026.

Intercity buses, Israel Railways to be free on election day, Central Elections Committee decides

View of Savidor train station in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2026; Illustrative.

Trains to run on special schedule ahead of Yom Kippur, Israel Railways announces


Jerusalem-Tel Aviv high-speed rail to open on March 30

The soon-to-be unveiled rail link is expected to more than halve the time it takes to travel between the two cities.

Members of the media tour one of the tunnels that will be part of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem high-speed railway.

The real ‘Shabbat crisis’

We now have a chance to rethink what Shabbat means for Israel.

Haredi members of the Knesset are upset over railway maintenance work being performed on Shabbat

Netanyahu staves off coalition threat after Litzman quits

Litzman told reporters at the Prime Minister’s Office that he had no choice but to resign after Israel Railways continued to employ Jews on Shabbat.

Israeli Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem

Long-awaited Tel Aviv-Jerusalem railway edges closer to maiden journey

A nation of commuters will be delighted by news of the successful railway test.

An Israel Railways train passes through Ein Yael in Jerusalem

United Torah Judaism Knesset Member's bill: Halt construction on Shabbat

A joint committee was established, including the four haredi members of the Knesset, to ensure that their demands would be met in the future.

United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni

Israel Railways to install robotic bike parking at stations

Coming soon to a train station near you: automatic bicycle parking.

Robotic bike parking

Two men struck by passenger train, killed near Hadera

Police say an ATV carrying a 28-year-old man and his 55-year-old father-in-law became stranded on the rail line.

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Hadera: Two men struck by passenger train

Victims had been riding tractor that apparently got stuck on train tracks near Kfar Vitkin; MDA paramedics pronounce them dead on scene.

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