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Railway station in Israel
Herzliya
הרצליה
General information
LocationBen Zion Michaeli St. next to Shiv'at HaKohavim Mall Herzliya,
Israel
Coordinates32°09′50″N 34°49′53″E / 32.16389°N 34.83139°E / 32.16389; 34.83139
Line(s)Binyamina/NetanyaTel AvivRehovot/Ashkelon
Platforms3
Tracks6
Construction
Parking300
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1953
Rebuilt3 April 2004
Electrified6 September 2020
Passengers
20193,004,648
Rank14 out of 68
Binyamina/Netanya –
Rehovot/Be'er Sheva line
Legend
to Haifa, Nahariya, Beit She'an & Karmiel
Binyamina
Caesarea–Pardes Hanna
Hadera–West
Netanya
Netanya–Sapir
Beit Yehoshua
ISR-FW-20.svg Highway 20
to Ra'anana
Herzliya
to Hod HaSharon & Lod
Tel Aviv–University
Tel Aviv–Savidor Central
Tel Aviv–HaShalom
Tel Aviv–HaHagana
to Rishon LeZion–Dayan & Ashdod
to Ben Gurion Airport,
Modi'in Central & Jerusalem
Kfar Chabad
Lod
to Be'er Sheva & Jerusalem–Malha
Be'er Ya'akov
to Rishon LeZion–HaRishonim
Rehovot
Yavne–East
to Rishon LeZion–Dayan & Tel Aviv
Ashdod–Ad Halom
Ashkelon
Sderot
Netivot
Ofakim
to Kiryat Gat & Lod
Be'er Sheva–North
to Dimona
Be'er Sheva–Center
Israel Rail Lines Map

Herzliya railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת הרצליה, Taḥanat HaRakevet Herzliya) is an Israel Railways passenger station located in the city of Herzliya. The station currently has three island platforms serving two tracks each. In the 2010s, the Ayalon Highway was extended past the station northwards (as part of the Route 531 project) so that the platforms lie contained in the median of the highway, like the train stations in Tel Aviv.

History

The station was built in the 2000s to replace the older station which was opened on 23 October 1989 that was located a few hundred meters to the south of the present location. The old station was itself a reconstruction of the original station, built in 1953 together with the Coastal Railway. Most of the trains which stop at the station are suburban trains on the Binyamina/NetanyaTel AvivRehovot/Ashkelon line.

Since 2020, it is also a part of the new circular route (Sharon Railway) that serves the city of Ra'anana to the northeast, as well as Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal, Petah Tikva, Rosh Ha-Ayin, Kfar Saba and Hod Hasharon stations. The Sharon Railway was built as part of the Route 531 construction project.

The station also serves as the northern terminus for trains operating on the line between Herzliya and Jerusalem Yitzhak Navon station.

As part of the Route 531 project the station was greatly expanded. Platform exits were added leading directly to the pedestrian bridge across the tracks located in the northern end of the station, the existing side platform was converted to an island platform, and a new island platform was built east of the existing platforms. After these works, which effectively doubled the size of the station, it contains a total of three island platforms serving a total of six tracks, tying with Tel Aviv Central for the largest number of platforms in Israel. The additional platforms are necessary in order to accommodate the additional trains the station will serve on the Sharon Railway loop and as the terminus of trains which use the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway.

Currently, entry to the station is possible from east of the tracks and a new entry, including a new 290-space parking lot is under construction west of the station, supplementing the existing eastern lot.

Train service

Preceding station Israel Railways Following station
Haifa–Hof HaCarmeltowards Nahariya Nahariya–Beersheba Tel Aviv–Universitytowards Be'er Sheva–Center
Hadera–Westtowards Karmiel Karmiel–Beersheba
Beit Yehoshuatowards Binyamina Binyamina–Beersheba
Beit Yehoshuatowards Netanya Netanya–Rehovot Tel Aviv–Universitytowards Rehovot
Netanya–Beit Shemesh Tel Aviv–Universitytowards Beit Shemesh
Terminus Herzliya–Ashkelon Ra'anana–Westtowards Ashkelon
Herzliya–Jerusalem Tel Aviv–Universitytowards Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon
Netanyatowards Nahariya or Herzliya Night Train Tel Aviv–Savidor Centertowards Ben Gurion Airport or Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon

Station layout

Platform numbers increase in an East-to-West direction

Platform 1 ←      Herzliya–Ashkelon trains toward Ashkelon (Ra'anana–West)
Island platform
Platform 2 ←      Herzliya–Ashkelon trains toward Ashkelon (Ra'anana–West)
Platform 3 ← Termination track – not in ordinary use →
Island platform
Platform 4 →      Nahariya–Modi'in trains toward Modi'in–Center do not stop here →
→      Nahariya–Beersheba trains toward Be'er Sheva–Center (Tel Aviv–University) during peak hours only
→      Nahariya–Beersheba trains toward Be'er Sheva–Center do not stop here during off-peak hours
→           Karmiel–Beersheba and Binyamina–Beersheba trains toward Be'er Sheva–Center (Tel Aviv–University) →
→      Netanya–Rehovot trains toward Rehovot (Tel Aviv–University) peak hours only
→      Netanya–Beit Shemesh trains toward Beit Shemesh (Tel Aviv–University) peak hours only
→      Night Train toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon or Ben Gurion Airport (Tel Aviv–Savidor Center) →
Platform 5 →      Herzliya–Jerusalem trains toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon (Tel Aviv–University) →
Island platform
Platform 6 ←      Nahariya–Modi'in trains toward Nahariya do not stop here
←      Nahariya–Beersheba trains toward Nahariya (Haifa–Hof HaCarmel) peak hours only
←      Nahariya–Beersheba trains toward Nahariya do not stop here off-peak hours
←      Karmiel–Beersheba trains toward Karmiel (Hadera–West)
←      Binyamina–Beersheba trains toward Binyamina (Beit Yehoshua)
←           Netanya–Rehovot and Netanya–Beit Shemesh trains toward Netanya (Beit Yehoshua) during peak hours only
←      Night Train toward Nahariya (Netanya)

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year
Year Passengers Rank Source
2021 1,795,033 (Increase 786,956) 10 of 66 (Increase 5) 2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2020 1,008,077 (Decrease 1,996,571) 15 of 68 (Decrease 1) 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019 3,004,648 14 of 68 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report


See also

References

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