Carmelit, Israel’s funicular underground metro
The Carmelit is the one and only funicular (underground metro) in Israel and was originally built in 1956. However, after existing for only 30 years, it was decided to stop the running of the Carmelit, as it was showing signs of structural old age and system breakdown
It runs underground in the city of Haifa, Israel and it’s the country’s only subway system
Due to the city being located on the side of mount carmel, the entire single track ‘funicular’ system has been designed to accommodate the incline, hence the strange stepped stations and diagonal trains
Because much of Haifa is built on top of the Mt Carmel, the Carmelit goes up and down the mountain. The altitude difference between the first and last stations is 274 meters
The Carmelit is one of the smallest subways in the world, having only four cars, six stations and a single tunnel 1800 meters long. The four cars operate as two two-car trains, which run on single track with a short double-track section to allow trains to cross.
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