Carmelit underground funicular

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The Carmelit underground funicular is a short, steep underground railway in Haifa, Israel, serving as one of the world’s smallest metro systems and connecting the city’s lower and upper areas.

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Carmelit 8
Carmelit underground funicular canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf funicular railway
metro system
public transport system
underground funicular railway
character underground
cityServed Haifa
closedForRenovation 1986
2015
country Israel
electrification electric traction
elevationDifference about 274 metres
about 899 feet
fareSystem integrated with Haifa public transport
fareZone Haifa urban zone
linked to: Haifa
locatedIn Haifa
Haifa District
Lower Galilee region
linked to: Galilee

Mount Carmel area
linked to: Mount Carmel
locatedUnder Mount Carmel
maximumGradient about 34 percent
notableFeature one of the world’s shortest metro systems
one of the world’s steepest urban railways
numberOfCarsPerTrain 2
numberOfLines 1
numberOfStations 6
numberOfTracks 2
openingDate 1959
6 March 1959
operator Carmelit Company Ltd.
owner Haifa Municipality
linked to: Haifa
purpose connect lower and upper areas of Haifa
reopened 1992
1993
reopenedAfterRenovation 2018
rollingStock two permanently coupled trains
station Gan HaEm
Golomb
HaNevi’im
linked to: Neviim

Masada
Paris Square
Solel Boneh
sufferedFire 2017
systemLength about 1.1 miles
about 1.8 kilometres
terminusStation Gan HaEm station
Paris Square station
trackGauge standard gauge
transportType rapid transit
underground funicular

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Haifa hasTransportation Carmelit underground funicular
downtown Haifa servedBy Carmelit underground funicular
Carmelit Company Ltd. operates Carmelit
linked to: Carmelit underground funicular
Carmelit Company Ltd. operates Carmelit underground funicular
Carmelit Company Ltd. hasBrand Carmelit
linked to: Carmelit underground funicular
Paris Square station partOf Carmelit
linked to: Carmelit underground funicular
Paris Square station isTerminusOf Carmelit
linked to: Carmelit underground funicular
Gan HaEm station system Carmelit
linked to: Carmelit underground funicular
Gan HaEm station terminusFor Carmelit
linked to: Carmelit underground funicular
Golomb partOf Carmelit
linked to: Carmelit underground funicular
Golomb transportSystem Carmelit underground funicular
Golomb isIntermediateStationOn Carmelit
linked to: Carmelit underground funicular