A freight train damaged electrical infrastructure at two locations overnight Thursday to Friday, halting train service between Binyamina and Netanya and between Tel Aviv HaHagana and Lod–Ben-Gurion Airport.
Diesel trains and shuttle buses will operate instead. Repairs are expected to take several days.
According to Israel Railways, the freight train struck electrification cables at Ganot Junction south of Tel Aviv and between Hadera and Netanya, causing severe damage totaling hundreds of meters.
To enable restoration work, trains will not run today between Binyamina and Netanya, and between Tel Aviv HaHagana and Lod or Ben-Gurion Airport.
Service will operate as follows: Beersheba–Lod and back; Beit Shemesh–Lod and back; Ashkelon–Binyamina truncated from the south to Lod and back; the Rishonim line operating in full; Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon–Ben-Gurion Airport and back; Ashkelon–Herzliya operating in full; Nahariya–Beersheba truncated from the north to Binyamina; Modi’in–Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon operating in full; the Jezreel Valley line operating in full; Karmiel–Haifa Hof HaCarmel operating in full.
Israel Railways to run replacement shuttles at some train stations
Israel Railways will run replacement shuttles at Tel Aviv Savidor Center, Lod, Ben-Gurion Airport, Netanya, Binyamina, Haifa Hof HaCarmel, and Modi’in Center.
Passengers traveling between Tel Aviv and Haifa and the North are advised to use reinforced bus lines from Terminal 2000, Haifa Hof HaCarmel Central Station, and Merkazit HaMifratz. Passengers traveling between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv are advised to use bus lines from Terminal 2000 and the Jerusalem Central Bus Station.
Passengers can check updates on the Israel Railways website, the Israel Railways app, or by calling *5770. Information on regular public transport lines is available from the Transport Ministry hotline at *8787.