Beersheba – Eilat railway line
A railway line Be'er Scheva-Eilat ( Red-Med-Line ) is a repeatedly discussed railway project, which should close the gap in the railway connection between the two Israeli ports Ashdod ( Mediterranean Sea ) and Eilat ( Red Sea ).
history
1967
When the Suez Canal was closed to shipping until 1975 as a result of the Six Day War in 1967, a feasibility study for a Be'er Scheva – Eilat railway was commissioned as early as 1967 . She came to a positive assessment of the project. Furthermore, this approach never thrived.
21st century
In the course of the One Belt, One Road initiative of the People's Republic of China , the project received new impetus. It represents a bypass and replacement route for the Suez Canal, the operation of which can be endangered by the not always stable situation in Egypt . That is why the railway line has been planned in Israeli / Chinese cooperation since around 2011 . Among other things, consideration was given to building separate tracks for freight and passenger traffic. The goal is a passenger travel time between Tel Aviv and Eilat of two hours.
Worth knowing
The Shanghai International Port Group has been building a new container port in the Israeli port city of Haifa since 2018 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ HaRakevet 96 (March 2012) - Message 96:04 (g, iv), p. 3, quoted from a February 2012 letter to the editor in the Jerusalem Post .
- ↑ China seeks strategic foothold in Israel Blair Cunningham: China seeks strategic foothold in Israel In: Deutsche Welle of March 24, 2014; accessed on February 9, 2020.
- ↑ Dominik Peters: The world power China is buying into the start-up country Israel in Der Spiegel from April 20, 2019; Sabine Brandes: The train is coming . In: Jüdische Allgemeine from February 13, 2012.