Rail Frieght in Israel - This Will Make You Depressed.

LivelineDipso

From Wiki

According to official statistics, Israel Railways transported approximately seven million tons of freight in 2010. Minerals and chemicals from the Dead Sea area, such as phosphates, potash and sulphur, made up more than half of this amount.[4] As of 2011, the share of total domestic freight transported by rail is approximately 8%. The government of Israel, believing that freight rail transport in the country is underutilized, particularly with respect to container transport, has set a goal of doubling the amount of freight transported by rail by the middle of the 2010s decade and tripling it by the end of the decade. Its plan calls for an upgrade of the freight transport infrastructure, including more freight terminals, new or renewed sidings to factories and other customers, and the purchase of additional freight locomotives and freight cars.

Cookie_Monster

so, what has that got to do with Ireland?

given the majority of the freight seems to be connected with it military and weapon making programmes it hardly a fair comparison to Ireland, we don't need to import and make millions of bombs a year now do we?

CIE

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

so, what has that got to do with Ireland?

given the majority of the freight seems to be connected with it military and weapon making programmes it hardly a fair comparison to Ireland, we don't need to import and make millions of bombs a year now do we?

Not if you want to rely on the EU elites for your defence, no.

ebbsy

Stupid thread.

SeanW

I find it amusing how any thread involving Israel almost immediately gets, pardon the pun, derailed.

AlekSmart

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

so, what has that got to do with Ireland?

Given the majority of the freight seems to be connected with it military and weapon making programmes it hardly a fair comparison to Ireland, we don't need to import and make millions of bombs a year now do we?

Sounds a reasonable comparison in many ways,particularly with both systems being currently in full State Owned mode ?

From what I could glean from the article,the transport of Minerals and Chemicals make up the largest elements,some of which,no doubt could be used to make Bombs,Fireworks and other Pyrotechnics,but seem to be used far more popularly in Fertilizer manufacture.

Given our own native production of such minerals and chemicals and the current pre-dominance of road-haulage to transport them,then the Yid's government would appear to be quite forward thinking in their view of Rail-Freight...even to the extent of planning a link into Jordan...perhaps soon to be a Middle-Eastern Enterprise Express ?

Another quote I find of interest is this.....

From an administrative perspective, Israel Railways' freight division will be spun off into a separate subsidiary, which will be 51% privately-owned by a strategic partner committed to maximizing the railway's freight transport potential.

Oy Vey,as they say,more than a few worthwhile comparisons here I should think...?