Nahariya railway station
Nahariya railway station תחנת הרכבת נהריה | |
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General information | |
Location | 2 HaGaaton Blvd, Nahariya[1] Israel |
Coordinates | 33°00′19″N 35°05′56″E / 33.00528°N 35.09889°E |
Platforms | 2 |
Tracks | 3 |
Connections | Central Bus Station |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Parking | 50 pay spaces[1] |
Bicycle facilities | 12 spaces[1] |
Accessible | Yes |
History | |
Opened | July 1, 1945 |
Rebuilt | 2001, 2013 |
Passengers | |
2019 | 3,076,039[2] |
Rank | 12 out of 68 |
Nahariya railway station (
The station is located on Ga'aton Boulevard (Hebrew: שדרות הגעתון, romanized: Sderot HaGe'aton),[1] Nahariya's main street along the Ga'aton River, near the main entrance to the city from the coastal highway ( Highway 4) and across the street from the city's central bus station.
History
The first regular passenger service at the station began during the
On September 9, 2001 the Nahariya Railway Station was the scene of a
Train service to the station was completely suspended, for the first time since 1952, on July 13, 2006, the day after the
The station underwent a complete reconstruction in the summer of 2001, which included an update to the present
A follow-up upgrade which took place in 2013 added a third track in the eastern side of the station and converted and widened the far side platform to an island platform while also upgrading the station's other facilities. This work was carried out as part of the double tracking project of the Coastal Railway between Akko (Acre) and Nahariya (previously the last remaining single-track portion of Israel Railways' main line) and allows accommodating the increased train service to the station which started in the summer of 2014.
Design
The station consists of three tracks with a side and island platforms and with a pedestrian tunnel connecting the two platforms beneath the rail tracks, while the station hall is located to the west of the rail tracks. Because the station is a terminus for all arriving trains there is no directional designation for the platforms.
Train service
The Nahariya Railway Station is a station on the main north–south
Preceding station | Israel Railways | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Nahariya–Modi'in | Acre towards Modi'in Central
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Nahariya–Beersheba | Acre towards Be'er Sheva Center
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Station layout
Platform numbers increase in a West-to-East direction
Side platform | |
Platform 1 | ← Nahariya–Modi'in Advancing toward Modi'in Central (Acre) |
Platform 2 | ← Nahariya–Modi'in Advancing toward Modi'in Central (Acre) |
Island platform | |
Platform 3 | ← Nahariya–Beersheba Advancing toward Be'er Sheva Central (Acre )
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Ridership
Year | Passengers | Rank | Source |
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2020 | 1,241,173 ( 1,834,866) | 10 of 68 ( 2) | 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |
2019 | 3,076,039 | 12 of 68 | 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |
Public transport connections
Nahariya Railway Station is well connected to all parts of the city and the region via Nahariya Central Bus Station, located just across the street. The central bus station also provides supplementary medium-distance bus service to destination reachable by train as well.
City bus services are operated by
Sherut Taxis (share taxis) stop on the main highway ( Highway 4), just outside the station and also provide supplementary connection to Akko, the Krayot and Haifa.
References
- ^ a b c d Israel Railways - Nahariyya (English)
- ^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
- ^ Israel Railways' official network map Archived 2007-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Nahariya station on the RailnewsIL website (Hebrew) Archived May 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jerusalem Post's coverage of the terror attack on Nahariya's Railway Station Archived 2002-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ YNET News coverage of the Israel-Lebanon conflict
- ^ YNET News coverage at the end of the Israel-Lebanon conflict (Hebrew)
- ^ a b Nativ Express official timetable (Hebrew)
- ^ Egged official timetable