 The only light rail line in Israel is the Jerusalem Light Rail, though another line in Tel Aviv is currently under construction.Many of the rail routes in Israel date back to before the establishment of the state – to the days of the British Mandate for Palestine and earlier.Rail infrastructure was considered less important than road infrastructure during the state's early years, and except for the construction of the coastal railway in the early 1950s, the network saw little investment until the late 1980s.