Kiryat Motzkin railway station

Coordinates: 32°49′59″N 35°04′12″E / 32.8330°N 35.0699°E / 32.8330; 35.0699
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Kiryat Motzkin

קריית מוצקין
The two platforms
General information
LocationBetween Bar-Ilan St. & INS Eilat St.[1]
Israel
Coordinates32°49′59″N 35°04′12″E / 32.8330°N 35.0699°E / 32.8330; 35.0699
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Parking300 free spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities30 spaces[1]
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1937
Rebuiltearly 1990s
Passengers
20192,376,278[2]
Rank19 out of 68

Kiryat Motzkin railway station (

Kerayot
region.

Location

The station is situated on the Coastal railway line. The station is located on Issakhar Street (Hebrew: רחוב יששכר, Rekhov Yissakhar) in the western part of the city, on the municipal border with Haifa's neighborhood of Kiryat Shmuel. The station is one of two railway stations serving Haifa's northern suburbs – the Krayot (the other being Kiryat Haim railway station), although Kiryat Motzkin is larger in terms of passenger numbers and trains serving it.

History

The present-day station stands on the spot of a

Second World War, the British extended the railway north of Acre to Beirut and Tripoli, thereby placing Kiryat Motzkin railway station on the busy Beirut to Cairo
line. This was Kiryat Motzkin's only means of transport to and from the surrounding areas, especially the city of Haifa.

The old British station building is preserved, and is currently used as a warehouse. The new building was constructed next to it in the early 1990s, according to the present

passenger station format of Israel Railways. In the late 1990s, a tunnel was constructed just north of the station, replacing the dangerous level crossing
that existed in its place.

During the

2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict train service to the station was suspended after a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing eight Israel Railways workers. It was restored 29 days later, on August 14, two days after the ceasefire
went into effect.

In the 2010s the station was renovated at a cost of ILS 40 million, finishing in early 2018.[4]

Design

The station consists of two

rail tracks running between them. The small station building is located on the east platform (Kiryat Motzkin exit) as well as an exit on the west side (Kiryat Shmuel exit). A pedestrian tunnel
connects the two platforms beneath the tracks.

Platform 1 (the eastern one) is used by southbound trains while platform 2 (the western one) by northbound trains.

Train service

Kiryat Motzkin railway station is a station on both the main north–south coastal line of Israel Railways (

Be'er Sheva Inter-City service) and the suburban line serving Haifa's northern suburbs – the Kerayot (Haifa - Kiryat Motzkin suburban service). The station is situated between Akko (Acre) railway station
to the north and Kiryat Haim railway station to the south.

For many years the station served as the northern end of the double-track section of the Coastal Railway main line (which is why many of the Haifa area suburban service trains made Kiryat Motzkin their final stop). However, works to complete the double tracking of the coastal railway to Akko were completed in 2012 and to Nahariya in 2013. Following this, many of the trains on the suburban service now terminate in Akko or Nahariya instead.

Timetable highlights:

  • Inter-City service:
    • On
      weekdays
      the station is served by 36 southbound and 35 northbound trains. The first train departs at 01:18 and the last train arrives at 01:15.
    • On Fridays and
      holiday
      eves the station is served by 22 southbound and 22 northbound trains. First train departs at 01:18 and last train arrives at 15:18.
    • On Saturdays and holiday the station is served by 6 southbound and 5 northbound trains. First train departs at 19:04 and last train arrives at 22:56.
  • Suburban service:
    • On weekdays the station is served by 14 southbound and 13 northbound suburban trains to and from Haifa. First train departs at 06:14 and last train arrives at 19:20.
    • On Fridays and holiday eves the station is served by one northbound train.
Preceding station Israel Railways Following station
Acre
towards Nahariya
 Nahariya–Modi'in Kiryat Haim
towards Modi'in Central
Nahariya–Beersheba HaMifratz Central
towards Be'er Sheva Center
Ahihud
towards Karmiel
 Karmiel–Beersheba
Karmiel–Haifa Kiryat Haim
towards Haifa Hof HaCarmel

Station layout

Platform numbers increase in an East-to-West direction

Side platform
Platform 1 →      Nahariya–Modi'in Advancing toward
Be'er Sheva Central (HaMifratz Central) →
→      Karmiel–Haifa Advancing toward Haifa Hof HaCarmel (Kiryat Haim
) →
Platform 2 ←           Nahariya–Modi'in and Nahariya–Beersheba Returning toward Nahariya (Acre)
←           Karmiel–Beersheba and Karmiel–Haifa Returning toward Karmiel (Ahihud)
Side platform

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year
Year Passengers Rank Source
2020 844,709 (Decrease 1,531,569) 20 of 68 (Decrease 1) 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019 2,376,278 19 of 68 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

Public transport connections

Kiryat Motzkin railway station is located about a kilometer to the west of the main highway (

Egged
bus lines have a stop on the street outside the station, both running at about 20 minute intervals:

In addition, Sherut (share taxi is called "Tapuzit") line 3 (circular inside the Krayot) stops at the station.

References

  1. ^ a b c Israel Railways - Kiryat Motzkin (English)
  2. ^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
  3. ^ The Founders' Stories – El'azari (Bert) Shoshana and Aharon – 1937 (Hebrew)
  4. ^ https://www.port2port.co.il/article/הובלה-יבשתית/הובלה-ברכבת/רכבת-ישראל-תחנת-קריית-מוצקין-המשודרגת-תיחנך-השבוע/

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