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Comptroller: Jerusalem-Tel Aviv express train won’t be ready by April 2018
A State Comptroller’s report released Wednesday found the high-speed rail line between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, slated to begin operating in April 2018, will not be ready for another year to two years.
The highly critical report found the conversion of the trains and railway lines from diesel to electric — a project which began 20 years ago — will not be finished until December 2018, or possibly December 2019, according to an Israel Railways internal audit report cited by the comptroller.
The train line has to be converted to run on electricity, primarily because operating diesel in the long tunnels would be dangerous. This requires at least four substations, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) of electric cabling, and converting the engines from diesel to electric.
