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Kiryat Gat קריית גת
General information
Coordinates	31°36′12″N 34°46′40″E / 31.60333°N 34.77778°E / 31.60333; 34.77778
Line(s)	Tel Aviv - Beersheba
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	100
History
Opened	July 1960
Closed	1979 to 1997
Rebuilt	1997
Passengers
2019	1,175,058
Rank	35 out of 68

The Kiryat Gat railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת קריית גת; Arabic: كريات جات) is an Israel Railways station in Kiryat Gat, situated on the Railway to Beersheba. It is located in the industrial zone in the east of Kiryat Gat. The station was first opened in July 1960, but was closed from 1979 to 1997.

The station is accessible by intracity bus routes 1, 2, 3, 4 (and their variants 11, 12, 13, 14) and regional bus routes 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70 and 251. All routes are operated by Dan BaDarom.

Train service

The station is open 24 hours a day, except on Saturdays. At peak times there are two trains per hour in each direction to and from Tel Aviv (and points north) and Be're Sheva, with a journey time of approximately half an hour to each city. Service then drops to one train per hour at off-peak times. Early morning trains to and from the station also stop at Ben Gurion International Airport.

Station Lines

v t e Nahariya–Beersheba line
Legend
Nahariya Akko to Karmiel Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Haim to Beit She'an HaMifratz Central Haifa Center–HaShmona [REDACTED] Haifa–Bat Galim Haifa–Hof HaCarmel to Rosh HaAyin via Ra'anana–West Herzliya to Rosh HaAyin via Bnei Brak Tel Aviv–University Tel Aviv–Savidor Center Tel Aviv–HaShalom Tel Aviv–HaHagana to Rishon LeZion & Ashkelon to Modi'in & Jerusalem Lod to Rehovot & Ashkelon Ramla to Beit Shemesh Mazkeret Batya Kiryat Mal'akhi–Yoav Kiryat Gat Lehavim–Rahat to Ashkelon Be'er Sheva–North to Dimona Be'er Sheva–Center
Israel Rail Lines Map

References

• Israel railways web site

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

External links

• On the Platform - information website

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Kiryat Mal'akhi–Yoavtowards Nahariya		Nahariya–Beersheba		Lehavim–Rahattowards Be'er Sheva–Center
Lodtowards Karmiel		Karmiel–Beersheba		Be'er Sheva–Northtowards Be'er Sheva–Center

v t e Israel Railways
Main line	Coastal Nahariya Acre Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Haim Hutzot HaMifratz HaMifratz Central Haifa Center–HaShmona Haifa–Bat Galim Haifa–Hof HaCarmel Atlit Binyamina Caesarea–Pardes Hanna Hadera–West Netanya Netanya–Sapir Beit Yehoshua Herzliya Ayalon Tel Aviv–University Tel Aviv–Savidor Center Tel Aviv–HaShalom Tel Aviv–HaHagana Jaffa–Jerusalem Kfar Chabad Lod–Ganei Aviv Lod Ramla South Mazkeret Batya Kiryat Mal'akhi–Yoav Kiryat Gat Lehavim–Rahat Be'er Sheva–North Dimona Har Tzin freight terminal
Branch lines	Acre–Karmiel Ahihud Karmiel Jezreel Valley Yokneam–Kfar Yehoshua Migdal HaEmek–Kfar Baruch Afula Beit She'an–David Levy Sharon Ra'anana–West Ra'anana–South Hod HaSharon–Sokolov Kfar Saba–Nordau Eastern Rosh HaAyin–North Yarkon Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal Petah Tikva–Kiryat Aryeh Petah Tikva–Segula Tel Aviv–Bnei Darom Holon Junction Holon–Wolfson Bat Yam–Yoseftal Bat Yam–Komemiyut Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan Yavne–West Tel Aviv–Jerusalem Ben Gurion Airport Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon Anava–Modi'in railway Paatei Modi'in Modi'in–Center Lod–Ashkelon railway Be'er Ya'akov Rehovot Yavne–East Ashdod–Ad Halom Ashkelon Rishon LeZion–Modi'in Rishon LeZion–HaRishonim Ashkelon–Be'er Sheva Sderot Netivot Ofakim Old Tel Aviv–Jerusalem Beit Shemesh Biblical Zoo Jerusalem–Malha South Be'er Sheva–Center
Future lines	Eastern (under construction) Hadera–East Ahituv–Emeq Hefer Tayibe–Qalansuwa Tira–Kochav Ya'ir Kfar Saba–North Rosh HaAyin–North Rosh HaAyin–South El'ad Airport City Lod Rishon LeZion–Modi'in (under construction) Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan Rishon LeZion–Me'uyan Soreq Rishon LeZion–HaRishonim Ramla–South Paatei Modi'in Planned Karmiel-Kiryat Shmona railway Proposed Beersheba–Eilat high-speed railway
Freight lines	Heletz railway
Israel Railway Museum

• Railway stations in Southern District (Israel)
• Railway stations in Israel opened in 1960