The Carmelit - Haifa's underground subway 2018 הכרמלית
The Carmelit is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel
The video shows the new modern train cars and the improved system reopened in october 2018!
The Carmelit, named after the mountain through which it runs, Mount Carmel, is an underground funicular railway that runs up and down parts of Mount Carmel within Haifa. The altitude difference between the first and last stations is 274 meters.
The Carmelit is one of the smallest subway systems in the world, having only four cars, six stations and a single tunnel 1.8 km long. It is also the only subway in Israel! (until Tel Aviv's light rail network opens)
*The carmelit has 6 stations- my mistake.
הכרמלית החדשה בחיפה, תיעוד המערכת המחודשת שהושקה באוקטובר 2018 לאחר השיפוץ והגעת הקרונות החדישים.
CARMELIT SUBWAY IN HAIFA ISRAEL 2019
CARMELIT SUBWAY IN HAIFA ISRAEL 2019
Carmelit Subway in Haifa (Israel)
The Carmelit in Haifa is a Funicular Subway. In the video we are going downwards into the direction of Kikar Paris (Paris Square).
The blogpost and pictures of the Carmelit in Haifa you can find in my train journey blog:
No comment, original soundtrack, real train travel experience.
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Metro Carmelit in Haifa Israel - Funicular railway - כרמלית - קו הרכבים בחיפה
The Carmelit (Hebrew: כַּרְמְלִית) is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel. Construction started in 1956 and ended in 1959. It is currently the only underground transit system in Israel (until the expected 2021 opening of Tel Aviv Light Rail).
The Carmelit was closed in 1986 when it showed signs of aging and reopened in September 1992 after extensive renovations. It was closed again from March to July 2015 due to a fault in the cable. It closed a third time in February 2017 for renovations following a fire, and reopened in October 2018.
Carmelit Haifa metro subway 2010
The only little subway of Israel in 2010, some shots of this tiny metro system.
Carmelit - underground funicular in Haifa, Israel (Masada station) הכרמלית בחיפה (תחנת מסדה)
#carmelit #haifa #funicular #subway #כרמלית
Carmelit of Haifa, newly view
Underground funicular at Israel, newly look, october 2018
Haifa Carmelit Subway Tunnel Run ריצה במעלה מנהרת הכרמלית
The first and probably last Carmelit Subway tunnel run!
Carmelit is Haifa's underground funicular, connecting the Downtown at 0 meters above sea level with Carmel Center at 280 meters above sea level. During the overall system renovation in 2018 I had the chance to (mostly) run up the tunnel. Here's the full real-time documentation. If you're bored you can jump to the interesting and surprising spots:
00:01 Station 1 - Downtown - Paris Square - Introduction (~0masl)
01:09 Passing one of the old cars
01:29 Easy slope
02:15 Technical explanation about the funicular
04:15 Station 2 - Solel Bone (Hadar - Municipality, ~60masl)
04:55 Very Easy Slope
05:45 The Secret Room !
07:00 Station 3 - Ha'Neviim (~70masl)
08:34 Midway - The Passing Loop!
09:39 Underground Water !
10:04 Speleothems !
10:57 Towards the difficult part...
11:23 Station 4 - Massada. The fight for life! (~100masl)
12:10 Steep Slope!
12:46 Haifa Stairs race - which is better..?
13:42 Someone told me it's gonna be tough here...
14:55 Breath :) !
16:25 Station 5 - Golomb - The steep Station (~170masl)
17:10 Who was Golomb? Buying some rest time ;)
17:47 The most challenging part!
18:16 What is Gan Ha'em ??
18:30 Sing Hallelujah! Amazing acoustics! (and no air...)
19:14 The light at the end of the tunnel
19:45 Very tough ascend !!
20:05 This is the end ?!
20:40 Haifa takes my breath away
21:00 The ladder
21:39 Spectacular view of Haifa Bay!
21:55 The beautiful girls of Haifa
23:03 Final approach...
23:33 Station 6 - Carmel Center - Gan Ha'em - Conclusion (~280masl)
Done on June 24th, 2018.
Carmelit - the Jewish Subway
The Carmelit is the onlt Underground train in the Middle East.
in Haifa, Israel
the Israeli train holds a Guinness record as the shortes Subway in the world!
הכרמלית - הרכבת התחתית של ישראל
ממוקמת בחיפה ומחזיקת שיא גינס כרכבת התחתית הקצרה ביותר ביקום!
Metro Haifa Carmelit - כַּרְמְלִית - Funicular - метро - Israel
The Carmelit (Hebrew: כַּרְמְלִית) is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel. Construction started in 1956 and ended in 1959. It is one of the smallest subway systems in the world, having only four cars, six stations and a single tunnel 1.8 km long. Because much of Haifa is built on top of Mount Carmel, the Carmelit (named after this mountain) is an underground funicular that goes up and down the mountain. The altitude difference between the first and last stations is 274 meters..(wikipedia)
Haifa metro. Carmelit
The Carmelit. The one and the only one metro in Jerusalem. Haifa. Israel. Autumn 2013Hig
Carmelit funicular - Haifa Israel
Carmelit funicular | Haifa, Israel
The Carmelit is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel and the oldest underground railway system in the Middle East, Israel called Metro Carmelit, because of Haifa is built on the top of Mount Carmel. The construction strarted in 1956 and ended in 1959, the Carmelit was closed in 1986 after showing the signs of aging and reopened in September 1992 after extensive renovations. The Carmelit is one of the smallest subway systems in the world and the system with 6 stations along a single track, 1.8 Kilometer line. The system's rolling stock consists of just 4 cars making up two 2-car trains. It takes no more than 8 minutes to ride the entire line.
Carmelit funicular is not smallest subway system in the world, because Istanbul Tenel already built in 1875, as a length of on 573 meters. but the Istanbul Metro, thought is part of the urban public transport and is not functioning independently. Haifa subway is a closed system, not related to other types of public transport, and mor esteeply up the hill at an angle up to 18 degrees (in some areas), and besides completely automated.
Notable is that, it is only extremely short line 1803 meters, but also the fact that the height difference between the first and last station is reaches 268 meters, in other words, with every meter traveled you climb almost 7 centimeters. Composition moves through cables, only one line, and leaving in the compositions (of the same two total) only at one point on one of six intermediate stations. Metro laid in the rock to a depth of 30 meters and is held under the residential areas of the city.
Crowded Haifa Subway - The Carmelit יום עמוס בכרמלית חיפה
The Carmelit is Haifa's inclined subway, or to be more precise - underground funicular. It connects Carmel Center at ~280 meters above sea level with Paris Square downtown at ~5 meters above sea level, and has 6 stations. Late August is busy with tourists visiting the city, enjoying the Carmelit as a convenient transportation means between Haifa Central railway station and spots around the city, as well as attraction by itself. Join a Carmelit ride from Carmel Center to Paris Square.
סוף חודש אוגוסט, והכרמלית עמוסה מבקרים בחיפה, שנהנים מהרכבל התת קרקעי הן כאטרקציה בפני עצמה והן אמצעי תחבורה נוח לקישור בין תחנת הרכבת חיפה מרכז לאתרים שונים בעיר. הצטרפו לנסיעה ממרכז הכרמל לככר פריז עם תיירים מהעולם ומהארץ.
Haifa Carmelit | Хайфский Кармелит
Is it a metro? Is it a funicular? It's Carmelit!
Это метро? Это фуникулёр? Это Кармелит!
Израиль, Хайфа. Июнь 2012
Israel, Haifa. June 2012
Настоящая израильская музыка | True Israel music
Avishay Mizrav — Knight Templar (jamendo.com/en/artist/368137/avishay-mizrav)
Карты | Maps
OpenStreetMap (openstreetmap.org)
Carmelit - the world’s coolest subway
The Carmelit is a 1.8 km long underground funicular railway with six stations - most funicular systems just have two. It runs up through Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. A funicular railway is a cable railway with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced. The Carmelit operates entirely underground. Similar systems can be found in Istanbul, Barcelona etc but they have less stations. Istanbul's system was built in the 19th century and is therefore older than the Carmelit - sorry I got that wrong in the video.
The Carmelit's highest station (Gan Ha’em) is 274 meters above the lowest (Paris Square). The system was built between 1956 and 1959 under the direction of Yosef Cohen, then Haifa’s City Engineer. It opened for passengers in 1959 and then closed in 1986 for modernisation. In 1992 it reopened with a bright new look and brand new funicular cars manufactured in Switzerland by Von Roll.
The Carmelit, in its own right, is a ‘must see’ for tourists. However, it is also useful for visiting many of Haifa’s attractions - see for details. Unfortunately, the Carmelit railway is not suitable for those with mobility issues due to the lack of lifts and the large number of steps in each station.
Carmelit the movie star:
In 2003 the Carmelit featured in the six minute short film ‘Strangers’ by Erez Tadmor and Guy Nattiv. See
Video by Karl Martin.
The first still photo shows a MACK R-series heavy tractor unit removing the original Carmelit's cars in 1986/'87. This photo is ©The Carmelit Haifa Ltd. All other photos by Karl Martin.
Carmelit Haifa Cable Replacement החלפת כבל כרמלית - חיפה חיפה - להקת חיל הים
לאחר כמעט 24 שנים של שירות נאמן, הכבל הראשי של הכרמלית - הפוניקולר החיפאי התת קרקעי - התעייף. ביולי 2015 נערך מבצע החלפת הכבל - הכבל הישן נמשך החוצה מהמנהרה בחלקים מכיוון כיכר פריז, ואילו הכבל החדש נמשך פנימה לאוך המנהרה מכיוון גן האם. בסרטון זה נבקר בכיכר פריז ובמוסך הכרמלית התת קרקעי ונחזה בשליפת הכבל הישן, ולאחר מכן נעלה לגן האם שם נראה את משיכת הכבל החדש ונלמד דבר מה על מערכת ההנעה.
הסברים ורקע טכני הנכם מוזמנים לקרוא בכתבה הבאה:
את הסרטון מלווה להקת חיל הים בשירה חיפה חיפה מתוך תכניתה שירת הים משנת 1971, הכולל תפאורה תואמת. מילים: דן אלמגור. לחן ועיבוד: בני נגרי.
צילומים נוספים: ירון סימונוב. תודה לצוות הכרמלית.
The Carmelit is Haifa's underground funicular, linking the lower city (Downtown) at sea level and the Carmel Center at 274 meters above sea level, across 6 stations and along 2 Kilometers. In July 2015, the main cable of the system was replaced. The old cable was pulled out from the tunnel through the lower station area in Paris Square, and the new cable was pulled into the tunnel from the upper station in Gan Haem - Carmel Center.
Haifa Metro BRT Line 2 Qiryat Atta to Bat Galim Train Station
haifa metro
Haifa Carmelit subway
Haifa Israel has the world shortest subway, the Carmelit. It is actually an underground Funicular railway (cable). 2 trains run on a single track with a passing siding in the middle. The line is rather steep. This is the top most station, note how steep the train is climbing
Carmelit Haifa 14 06 2013
No more subway sistems in the world like this. This one is exsisting in Haifa (Israel).
Haifa (Israel) Carmelit Metro - ישראל - חיפה - כרמלית
The Carmelit (Hebrew: כַּרְמְלִית) is an underground funicular railway in Haifa, Israel. Construction started in 1956 and ended in 1959. The Carmelit was closed in 1986 after showing signs of aging and reopened in September 1992 after extensive renovations.