JERUSALEM, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli government approved Sunday a rail project to shorten the travel time by train between Tel Aviv and Haifa cities to half an hour from the current more than an hour, said the country's Transport Ministry in a statement.
The ministry said the project will double the coastal railway between the two Mediterranean cities, and increase the train frequency on the route to 14 trips per hour during peak hours from the current four trips.
