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Railway to Karmiel
The Railway to Karmiel is a railway under construction linking Acre (Akko) and Karmiel in northern Israel. According to Israel Railways' plan, the new double track standard gauge railway will stretch for about 23 km from just south of Akko to Karmiel. It branches eastwards from the Coastal Railway between the Kiryat Motzkin Railway Station and the Acre Railway Station (at a point nearby where the Coastal Railway passes over the Na'aman River) and includes an approximately 5 km long tunnel (composed of two parallel single-track tunnels) in the mountainous region near the eastern end of the line. Most of the route is in the vicinity of Highway 85. Two stations are planned, one in Ahihud and one in the entrance to Karmiel. From Karmiel, a conceptual design exists to eventually extend the railway to Korazim (near Safed) and from there to Kiryat Shmona at the very northern tip of Israel.
==Planning and financing==
The railway was first proposed in the early 2000s but the plans were put on hold in the Sharon government due to financial reasons. An alternative plan to instead create a light rail line from Haifa to Karmiel was rejected.〔 The Knesset's Research and Information Centre criticised the relevant authorities for not doing enough research on the advantages and disadvantages of light vs. heavy rail in the project.〔 The light rail plan was supported by Ministry of Finance and Haifa's development company Yefe Nof, while the heavy rail plan was supported by Israel Railways and the Karmiel municipality.〔〔 The light rail to Karmiel would have been part of a larger project that would include Nazareth and Acre.〔 The Nazareth section was eventually also rejected in favour of a heavy rail line.〔
In 2009, a number of northern municipalities turned to the Negev and Galilee Development minister Silvan Shalom in an effort to promote the plan for the railway. They argued that it was necessary for the construction of viable institutions of higher education in the region. On November 26, 2009, Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz gave his seal of approval for the plans,〔 however, this did not immediately translate into financial approval.〔
Eventually, on February 24, 2010, the Israeli government voted to appropriate funds to construct the line as part of a larger national infrastructure spending package.〔〔 A budget of NIS 2.8 billion (about US $750 million) was approved for the project,〔 not including the cost of electrifying the line, which was approved as part of a separate NIS 2.2 billion appropriation〔 which also includes the cost of rolling stock for the Karmiel and some other new lines.
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