Jerusalem–Malha railway station

(Closed Permanently) Jerusalem–Malha railway station
תחנת הרכבת ירושלים – מלחה
محطة أورشليم – المالحة
(Closed Permanently) Jerusalem–Malha railway station; תחנת הרכבת ירושלים – מלחה; محطة أورشليم – المالحة
Israel Railways
General information
Location	Jerusalem, Israel
Coordinates	31°44.885′N 35°11.252′E / 31.748083°N 35.187533°E
Line(s)	Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Platform levels	3
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	9 April 2005; 19 years ago
Closed	March 2020
Passengers
2019	115,118
Rank	66 out of 68

Tel Aviv – Jerusalem line

Legend

					to Haifa, Nahariya, Beit She'an & Karmiel
					to Bnei Brak & Herzliya
					Tel Aviv Savidor Central
					Tel Aviv HaShalom
					to Tel Aviv Beit Hadar & Jaffa
					Tel Aviv HaHagana
					to Beersheba
					to Tel Aviv South
					to Ben Gurion Airport, Modi'in & Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon
					Kfar Chabad
					Lod Ganei Aviv
					to Rosh HaAyin & Herzliya
					Lod
					to Beersheba
					Ramla
					to Beersheba
					Beit Shemesh
					Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
					Jerusalem–Malha
					Jerusalem–Khan
					to Jerusalem–Central & Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon

Israel Rail Lines Map

Jerusalem–Malha railway station (

Jerusalem Shopping Mall, Pais Arena and Teddy Stadium

.

As it is much less centrally located than Navon station, and the historic Jaffa–Jerusalem railway provides a much slower journey to the Tel Aviv area than the modern Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway, ridership is very low. 115,118 passengers boarded or disembarked at the station in 2019, ahead of only the adjacent Biblical Zoo railway station and Dimona railway station.

Service to the station has been suspended entirely since March 2020 due to poor usage combined with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is unclear if or when it will resume.^[2]

History

Jerusalem–Malha is the current

Old City as the terminus of the line, which was not restored due to the objections of area residents over train noise. The at grade tracks from Malha to Khan have been turned into a mixed use path, called the Park HaMesila, or Train Track Park

.

Since February 5, 2006, intercity bus routes to

Begin Boulevard

.

Future

There are conceptual plans to extend the new Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway from Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon to Jerusalem–Malha along an underground route beneath Jerusalem; for that reason, Malha station was built as a thorough station at a surface elevation equal to that of Jerusalem–Navon's underground tracks and platforms. Detailed plans unveiled in November 2021^[3] establish the precise course of the extension, which will also pass via a new underground station in central Jerusalem and another underneath the historic Jerusalem-Khan train station.

Passengers hall (2013)
View from outside
Malha railway station in snow

References

^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
^ Keinan, Lior (27 June 2020). "רגב נגד האוצר: מסרבת לבטל את הקו לדימונה - חרף מיעוט נוסעים". Channel 13 News. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ "מנהל התכנון".

External links

[1] "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.

[2] Keinan, Lior (27 June 2020). "רגב נגד האוצר: מסרבת לבטל את הקו לדימונה - חרף מיעוט נוסעים". Channel 13 News. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

[3] "מנהל התכנון".

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