Inter-city lines to Nahariya and Karmiel via Haifa
32-613: Inter-city and suburban lines to Beersheba The Tel Aviv–Savidor Center railway station ( Hebrew : תֵּל אָבִיב – סָבִידוֹר מֶרְכָּז , Tel Aviv Savidor Merkaz , Arabic : تل أبيب مركز سافيدور ) is a major railway station on the Ayalon Railway in central Tel Aviv , Israel , serving most lines of Israel Railways . It is located in the median of the Ayalon Highway at the Arlozorov interchange, with bridges over
64-399: A total of four tracks. Construction works are expected to be completed in 2022 that will convert the eastern side platform to an island platform which will serve a fifth track at the station. The works will also add an additional public entrance to the station from the southeast. Space also exists to add an additional passenger platform on the western side of the station in the future. As of
96-829: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an Israeli building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transport in Israel is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Israel Railways Israel Railways Ltd. ( Hebrew : רַכֶּבֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל , Rakevet Yisra'el ) is the state-owned principal railway company responsible for all inter-city , commuter , and freight rail transport in Israel . Israel Railways network consists of 1,138 kilometers (707 mi) of track. All its lines are standard gauge but some were originally built to other gauges and later regauged . Electrification began in 2018 with
128-647: Is an Israel Railways terminal in Beersheba . It is located on Yitzhak Ben-Zvi street next to the city's central bus station and HaNegev Mall. It is one of two railway stations serving the city, the other being Be'er Sheva–North , located near the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev . The station building is located in the north end of the platforms. As of 2021, the station consists of three platforms (two side platforms and an island platform) serving
160-605: Is located about 125 m south of the main entrance to Savidor Central railway station and provides access to the Red Line light rail line. However, this location is inconvenient, as it is separated from the station's entrance by a large parking lot and bus terminal; the Abba Hillel light rail station, 250 m to the east of the Diamond Exchange district exit, can be reached easier by foot. The railway station
192-513: Is no timetable for construction. This line will be fully electrified. There were plans to build a high-speed railway to Eilat but in 2019 the project was frozen indefinitely. In 2011 the reconstruction and expansion of the 60 kilometres (37 mi) long, formerly abandoned Jezreel Valley railway line connecting Haifa and Beit Shean (near the Jordanian border) started. This was completed in 2016. There has been talk of further extending
224-624: Is now in the Israel Railway Museum . [REDACTED] The company is headed by a chief executive officer. It has two subsidiaries: a real estate development company, and a freight rail company. The main organization has five operational departments: freight, infrastructure, rolling stock, passengers and development. In 2017, Israel Railways founded a Tunnels Unit that is responsible for the daily operation of railway tunnels, including lighting, air circulation, etc. and managing emergencies. The passenger number history (in millions)
256-518: The Ayalon Highway and the junction of several traffic arteries: Jabotinsky Road that leads to Ramat Gan , Bnei Brak and Petah Tikva , Begin Road that goes to south Tel Aviv, Namir Road to north Tel Aviv and further to Highway 2 and Arlozorov street westward to the sea. Arlozorov/2000 Terminal should not be confused however with the Tel Aviv central bus station , located in southern Tel Aviv – nearby
288-661: The Coastal Railway , began construction in 2019 and is scheduled to open in 2027. This line follows the disused route of the Ottoman -period Tulkarm –Lydda railroad, which was abandoned in 1968, and will allow freight and passenger trains to bypass the congested Hadera–Herzliya corridor. The 30 km (19 mi) Rishon LeZion–Modi'in Railway also began construction in 2019, with opening planned in 2026. This line will create an east-west link south of Tel Aviv, crossing
320-472: The HaHagana railway station . Together, the bus and train terminals and the underground light rail station at the site constitute a major transportation hub that plays a significant role in both short- and long-distance public transportation in Israel. As of 2016 the bus terminal serves about 120,000 passengers daily. Buses of Egged , Dan , Kavim , Metropoline , Afikim , and other bus companies stop at
352-478: The Israeli War of Independence and as of 2024 there are no international train lines or services to or from Israel. Until 1980, the company's head office was located at Haifa Center HaShmona railway station . Tzvi Tzafriri, the general manager of Israel Railways, decided to move the head office to Tel Aviv–Savidor Center railway station . In 2017, the company's head office was moved to a new campus built on
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#1732793574718384-511: The Fall 2015 schedule there are three trains in each direction per hour between Be'er Sheva Center and central Israel during most hours of the day. Two of these trains use the Railway to Beersheba with a travel time of between 1hr 5mins and 1hr 15mins (depending on the stops along the route) to Tel Aviv HaHagana Railway Station , with some continuing as far north as Nahariya. The other train serving
416-495: The Tel Aviv–Ashkelon, Tel Aviv–Beersheba and Tel Aviv–Jerusalem rail corridors. Since 2019, work is underway to quadruple the 3.5 km (2.2 mi) section of the Ayalon Railway from Tel Aviv Center to Tel Aviv HaHagana , which forms a critical bottleneck for the entire rail network. Upon completion, this project will nearly double the capacity of the corridor, allowing a significant increase in train frequency across
448-470: The existing Beersheba – Dimona rail line at the proposed new station at Nevatim . Israel Railways currently owns a total of 193 locomotives, 717 passenger cars, and 110 MU trainsets. Israel Railways owns a total of 717 passenger cars. Each IC3 set is composed of 3 cars and multiple sets may be joined together. Sets 42-50 purchased from SJ in 2005. 31 was scrapped after an incident near Revadim on 10 August 2006. 19, 21, 25 possibly out of service. 01
480-624: The grounds of the Lod railway station . There are 66 stations on the Israel Railways network, with almost all of the stations being accessible to disabled persons, with public announcement and passenger information systems, vending machines and parking. Bicycles are permitted on trains in designated coaches. Israel Railways encourages people to use bicycles by building a double-deck parking for bicycles in every railway station and by allowing people to take bicycles with them on trains to minimise
512-572: The highway linking passengers to a large bus terminal to the west and light rail station to the south, and to the Ramat Gan Diamond Exchange District to the east. In 2019, over 13 million passengers used the station, making it the busiest in the country after HaShalom station , one stop to the south. The station was opened to the public in November 1954 under the name Tel Aviv Central , and throughout its history
544-572: The intermediate stations, and commuter lines, centered on one metropolitan area and serving all stations on the line. However, Israel Railways no longer officially uses this classification. Some services were partially or fully suspended as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and electrification works. † Fully electrified line ‡ Line electrification in progress Since the opening of the fully- electrified Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion Airport–Jerusalem railway line in 2018, work has been underway to electrify
576-521: The line to Irbid , in Jordan (to allow a direct freight connection from Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea); however, no decision has yet been made on this matter. Another proposed extension under discussion would connect the reconstructed Jezreel Valley railway at Afula to Tiberias . In May 2017, an extension of the railway from Arad via Kuseife was approved. The line would connect to
608-462: The more conveniently located Tel Aviv Central station instead. Between the closing of Tel Aviv South and the opening of Tel Aviv HaShalom in 1996, Tel Aviv Central was the only active passenger railway station in the city. Until 1980, the head office of Israel Railways was located at Haifa Central station when Tzvi Tzafriry, the general manager of Israel Railways decided to move the head office to Tel Aviv Central. In 2017 Israel Railways' head office
640-512: The need for private cars. In Israel, smoking is prohibited in public enclosed places and in commercial areas. Although smoking in railway stations is allowed in designated areas, the sale of tobacco from automated vending machines is prohibited. Israel Railways currently operates 15 passenger service lines. These can be broadly subdivided into inter-city lines, which connect two or more of Israel's major metropolitan centres ( Tel Aviv , Jerusalem , Haifa , and Beersheba ), usually skipping some of
672-534: The network. Completion is scheduled for 2028. A 23.5 kilometres (14.6 mi) line from the city of Acre , on the Mediterranean coast, to Karmiel was completed in March 2017. However, this tract bypasses Acre and does not make a stop there; it is planned to be extended north to the north-eastern town of Qiryat Shemona , with future stations also planned for Jadeidi-Makr and Majd al-Krum , though there
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#1732793574718704-620: The new line to Jerusalem and there are ambitious plans to electrify the entire network at 25 kV 50 Hz supplied via overhead line . The network is centered in Israel's densely populated coastal plain , from which lines radiate out in many directions. In 2018, Israel Railways carried 68 million passengers. Unlike road vehicles and city trams, Israeli heavy rail trains run on the left hand tracks, matching neighboring Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries, whose formerly connected rail networks were constructed by British engineers. Those lines that formerly crossed Israel's borders were severed during
736-537: The official opening took place on May 3 of the same year. In 1993, the station ceased being a terminal station when the Ayalon section of the coastal railway was extended to link with the Jaffa–Jerusalem railway in southern Tel Aviv. At that point, the little-used Tel Aviv South station (which unlike Tel Aviv Central was not located on the Ayalon line) was closed for passengers and services operating to it were routed to
768-406: The passenger rail network with overhead 25 kV 50 Hz AC electrification. In 2024, Israel Railways estimated that work was 70% complete, with full electrification officially scheduled for 2027. Due to increasing demand, Israel Railways is pursuing expansion to its infrastructure network. The 64 km (40 mi) long Eastern Railway , which will connect Hadera to Kfar Saba in parallel to
800-545: The project to expand the capacity of the Ayalon Railway. Electrification works in the station were completed in 2020. In 2018, a northern access terminal fronting Modai'i bridge opened, adding a third passenger entry and exit point out of the station and facilitating additional access to the Diamond Exchange District. The Arolozorov underground light rail station opened on 18 August 2023. It
832-473: The station (along the present Pinchas Sapir Street) were shifted eastwards as works on the Ayalon Highway and railway progressed southwards. The station's platforms were then moved to their current location and a pedestrian bridge over the Ayalon Highway was built to connect them to the terminal building to the west. The station with its relocated tracks was opened to the public on January 10, 1988, and
864-577: The station uses the Ashkelon–Beersheba railway and the Coastal railway with a travel time between 1hr 30mins and 1hr 45mins to Tel Aviv HaHagana via Ashkelon and Rishon LeZion . These trains then terminate in Hod HaSharon . 31°14′36″N 34°47′54″E / 31.243288°N 34.798443°E / 31.243288; 34.798443 This article about an Asian railroad station
896-422: The terminal and surrounding streets. The terminal lies in the open air, unlike the central bus stations in Tel Aviv , Jerusalem and some other cities, which are inside large buildings that also double as shopping malls. The open-air terminal underwent renovations in 2018–2019. Platform numbers increase in a West-to-East direction Beersheba (Center) railway station Be'er Sheva–Center railway station
928-515: Was also widely known as Arlozorov station . It was eventually named after Menachem Savidor , Israel Railways' chairman between 1954–1964 and later the Speaker of the Knesset . It has three island platforms serving a total of six tracks, the most recent of which were built in 2005. An additional island platform and two more tracks are expected to be added to the station in the late-2020s as part of
960-406: Was originally the southern terminus of the Coastal railway line , which opened on November 3, 1954 and reached what was then the northern fringe of Tel Aviv. For the next four decades, it only handled trains to and from the north, and was colloquially known as Tel Aviv North station. This colloquial name could be ambiguous because between 1949 and Tel Aviv central's opening in 1954, "Tel Aviv North"
992-490: Was relocated from Tel Aviv Central to a new office complex situated on the grounds of the Lod railway station , with the new station terminal being later built directly to its south. The central bus terminal (מסוף רכבת מרכז), Arlozorov Terminal or Tel Aviv 2000 Terminal (מסוף 2000), is a major bus station located next to the Tel Aviv Central railway station, near the border of Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan , next to
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1024-471: Was the official name of the Bnei Brak railway station . Railway service to and from destinations south of Tel Aviv was provided from Tel Aviv South railway station , which was not connected to Tel Aviv Central. In its initial configuration as a terminal station, the passenger platforms were located directly north of the terminal building, to the west of their present location. In 1988, the tracks leading to
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