Home of the Station Manager - About the Valley Train

Welcome to the Kfar Yehoshua Valley Train Visitor Center

The story of the Valley Train begins during the Ottoman rule over Eretz Israel, long before the establishment of the State of Israel

The Valley Train connected Haifa and Syria

On the map in front of you, you can see that the Valley Train was a branch of the Hejaz Railway that reached Medina in what is now Saudi Arabia

The Ottomans built seven stations along the length of the tracks

The homes that you see around you are the old buildings at one of those stations

The Valley Train continued to operate even after the British conquered Eretz Israel from the Ottomans

Local residents built more towns next to the railroad and added more stations

They used the train to travel from town to town

The train also transported mail and merchandise

?What kind of merchandise, you ask

Fruits and vegetables from the Valley fields to Haifa, the closest big city, tor example

It was only after the State of Israel was established that the Valley Train stopped running, and the residents started using trucks and cars

In 2016, Israel Railways built a new rail line

The new line connects Haifa to Beit Shean

Today, the train runs on the new rail line, very close to the place where the Valley Train once operated