Israel Railways: Haifa to Jerusalem
I caught the 1:46pm train back to Tel Aviv. The equipment for this leg was one of the newer Siemens Viaggio Light single-deck push-pull trains that entered service in 2009. The train was packed, which, I guess, is indicative of the good health of the system.

Train in Haifa Bat Galim Station

Locomotive

Hebrew iPhone 4 ad

Clock, warning sign

Mediterranean seen from train south of Haifa

Mediterranean seen from train south of Haifa

High tension lines

Shipping containers

Packed coach

Coach weight rating

Alstom Prima Locomotive

Suburban Tel Aviv apartments

Shortwave transmitting facility

Shortwave transmitting facility

Sunflowers

Disconnected spur

Meeting the northbound train from Jerusalem

The northbound train

Orchard

Entering hilly terrain

Curve around hills

Curve into cut

Round switching tower

Steep hillside

Curve around cut

Abandoned Dayr ash-Shaykh (Bar Giora) Station
31.748900, 35.069498

Concrete ties

Steel service buildings?

Terraced hillsides

Rocky hillside

Palestinian area?

Curve into dry creek area

Passing siding in valley

Dry creek valley

Dry creek valley

Jerusalem-Malha Station
31.748,35.189

Jerusalem-Malha Station

Jerusalem football stadium