The "21st Century Train to Jerusalem" enables fast and convenient access to Israel's Capital City.
In the near future, the new high-speed train will enable direct access to Jerusalem's Old City, the Western Wall and Holy Sites, for millions of people in Israel and from all over the world.Symbolically, the new train complements the historical first Tel Aviv-Jaffa to Jerusalem train inaugurated in 1892 by the Ottoman Authorities and taken out of use in 1998 due to its poor state.
The 2020 Israel Bullion Coin marks the important development in transport in Israel, which is well apparent in the Jerusalem landscapeIn order to traverse the hilly terrain in the Jerusalem area, the new railway lines pass over bridges and through tunnels, with some record dimensions for Israel: the longest bridge with a length of 1.25 kilometers, the highest bridge with a height of 90 meters above the ground, the longest tunnel with a length of 11.6 kilometers and deepest railway station with a depth of 80 meters, which is also one of the deepest in the world.