Carmelit

Carmelit כרמלית
; Carmelit כרמלית
	The new Carmelit - Train No 1.
Overview
Type	Funicular Subway
Status	In service
Locale	Haifa
Termini	Carmel Center; Downtown
Stations	6
Services	1
Ridership	732,664 (2012)
Website	www.carmelithaifa.co.il
Operation
Opened	1959
Owner	Haifa Municipality
Operator(s)	The Carmelit Haifa Company Ltd.
Character	1
Rolling stock	4 Von Roll (now Doppelmayr) funicular cars ; 2 per train
Technical
Line length	1.8 km (1.1 mi)
Track gauge	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Track gauge/data' not found.
Operating speed	28 km/h (17 mph)
Highest elevation	268 m (879 ft) above sea level

The Carmelit (Hebrew: כַּרְמְלִיתcode: he is deprecated ) is the first and currently the only rapid transit rail system in Israel. It opened in 1959 after three years of building. It is the oldest metro system and funicular system in the Middle East. The Carmelit has closed down for repairs three times. It was closed from 1986 to 1992 for renovations. The metro has only one line, which runs from Haifa's port to Mount Carmel. It runs 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) from sea level up to an altitude of 268 metres (879 ft), with a total of six stations.

The system is named after Mount Carmel.

Gallery

Carmelit Media

Carmelit opening day in 1959
The Carmelit train before the fire in 2017
Map of the Carmelit system in Haifa, with the new names of some stations after the October 2018 reopening.
Carmelit 2018 Carmel Center both entrances
Carmelit 2018 Carmel Center platforms
Carmelit 2018 Golomb entrance 1
Carmelit 2018 Golomb platforms
Carmelit 2018 Masada entrance
Carmelit 2018 Masada platforms
Carmelit 2018 HaNeviim entrance