Tel Aviv South railway station
Tel Aviv South railway station תחנת הרכבת תל אביב דרום | ||
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General information | ||
Location | David Remez Street, Tel Aviv | |
Coordinates | 32°02′43″N 34°47′12″E / 32.0452°N 34.7866°E | |
Owned by | Israel Railways | |
Line(s) | Tel Aviv–Jerusalem | |
Platforms | 2 | |
Tracks | 4 | |
History | ||
Opened | 1920 | |
Closed | First location 1970, Second 1993 | |
Rebuilt | 1970 | |
Previous names | Custom House Station Beit Hadar Station | |
Services | ||
16 daily in both directions (in 1970) to: Jerusalem railway station Be'er Sheva North railway station |
Tel Aviv South railway station was the name of two former railway stations in Tel Aviv, Israel, which were situated in two different locations. The original station opened in 1920, then in 1970 it was relocated 2.5 km south-east, and it finally closed to passengers in 1993.
Located east of the historical 1970 station location is the active Tel Aviv South
History
Original location
The station, originally named Tel Aviv Custom House Station, was built in 1920 by the British Mandate Authorities. Its first location (32°03′49″N 34°46′37″E / 32.0636°N 34.7770°E), at a distance of approximately 2.5 km from the Jaffa railway station, was facing the short Mikveh Israel Street, where the railway had followed a narrow curve between Yehuda Halevi Street and Railway (HaRakevet) Street.[1]
The construction of the station and its adjacent
In 1935, an office building named Beit Hadar (in Hebrew, the "Citrus House"), the first steel frame structure in Tel Aviv, was built next to the station by architect Carl Rubin. From that point on the station was also known as Beit Hadar Station.[2]
During the
On September 20, 1949, once the Tel Aviv North railway station was opened (which was later renamed
In 2023, the Allenby station of the Red Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail) opened at the location of the Beit Hadar station.
Relocation
By the 1960s, the movement of trains on the
Although the new station was quite spacious, with a large indoor passenger concourse, 4 platforms and additional sidings, it had only 16 rail services per day when it opened (8 in each direction).[3] The station was poorly used due to its remote location far away from the city centre (unlike its previous location which was much more centrally located). This contributed to a significant drop in passenger traffic and in 1979 the passenger rail service to Be’er Sheva was halted and the service to Jerusalem reduced to one train a day in each direction. However, in 1990, new suburban service to Rehovot railway station was introduced.
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Closure
In 1993, as part of the
Today the station is used as a training site for
See also
- Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway station
- Tel Aviv HaShalom railway station
- Tel Aviv HaHagana railway station
- Tel Aviv University railway station
- Jaffa–Jerusalem railway
- Jerusalem railway station
- Jaffa railway station
References
- ^ a b c d Rosenblum, Irit (March 5, 2009), "A walk from the Ottoman to the British stations in Tel Aviv", Haaretz, retrieved November 7, 2009
- ^ "The Streets of Tel Aviv: The New City and Its Setting". Stanford University Library. Archived from the original on June 22, 2010. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
- ^ Rosenblum, Keshet (September 12, 2012). "How Tel Aviv's Darom station went off the rails". Haaretz. Retrieved September 15, 2012.