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Rail cargo executive moved aside after repeated safety incidents, not fired
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By חופית כהן אולאי
First reported by Globes · Jun 23, 2026
What happened
Israel Railways has removed freight vice president Israel Marco from his current role but will reassign him instead of firing him. The decision follows a renewed freight safety incident last week and comes after the August 2025 electrification crash that he allegedly handled improperly.
- 01Israel Marco will leave his freight role at Israel Railways but stay in another position.
- 02A special committee will investigate last week’s freight train pipe-fall incident.
- 03The August 2025 rail accident caused massive electrification damage and shut the system for days.
- 04Investigators said Marco allegedly authorized the damaged train to keep moving toward Haifa.
- 05Service between several Haifa stations was briefly stopped after the latest cargo spill.
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