This follows the completion of electrification of the link between the A1 line to Jerusalem and the centre of Tel Aviv and to the electric locomotive depot in Lod.
Regular test runs will now take place daily until the start of commercial services, when electric trains will operate at a frequency of two trains/hour.
“Covering the 56km between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is great news,” says Israel’s transport minister Mr Benjamin Smotrich. “I salute the former transport minister, Mr Israel Kats, for his initiative to promote the A1 despite the challenges and objections.”
