Jaffa–Jerusalem railway

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The Jaffa–Jerusalem railway is a historic rail line in Israel that was the first to connect the Mediterranean coast with Jerusalem, significantly shaping the region’s transportation and development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic railway ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
builtBy Jaffa–Jerusalem Railway Company ⓘ
concessionGrantedBy Ottoman authorities ⓘ
connects Jaffa ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1890 ⓘ
convertedTo standard gauge ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
electrification not electrified ⓘ
endPoint Jerusalem ⓘ
gauge metre gauge ⓘ
heritageStatus considered a historic transport landmark in Israel ⓘ
inception 1892 ⓘ
influenced urban development along its route ⓘ
infrastructureType mountain railway ⓘ
length about 86 km ⓘ
locatedIn Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
notableFeature curving alignment through Judean Hills ⓘ
steep gradients approaching Jerusalem ⓘ
openedBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
openedForTraffic 1892 ⓘ
openingDate 1892 ⓘ
operatedBy British military railways ⓘ
Israel Railways ⓘ
Ottoman authorities ⓘ
Palestine Railways ⓘ
passesThrough Beit Shemesh area ⓘ
Lod ⓘ
Ramla ⓘ
primaryPurpose freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
significance boosted pilgrimage and tourism to Jerusalem ⓘ
first railway connecting Mediterranean coast to Jerusalem ⓘ
first railway to reach Jerusalem ⓘ
important for regional development ⓘ
startPoint Jaffa ⓘ
status historical alignment partly replaced by newer lines ⓘ
partly modernized ⓘ
terminus Jaffa ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
trackConfiguration single track ⓘ
usedDuring World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lydda railway junction → railwayLineConnection → Jaffa–Jerusalem railway ⓘ
Ramla railway station → originalOperator → Jaffa–Jerusalem Railway ⓘ
linked to: Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
נחל שורק → hasInfrastructureAlong → מסילת רכבת לירושלים (המסילה הישנה)‏ ⓘ
subject linked to: נַחַל שׂוֹרֵק
linked to: Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
Jaffa–Jerusalem railway → builtBy → Jaffa–Jerusalem Railway Company ⓘ
linked to: Jaffa–Jerusalem railway