Be'er Sheva–Center railway station

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Be'er Sheva Center (Merkaz)
תחנת באר שבע מרכז
Israel Railways
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Be'er Sheva Merkaz station entrance
General information
Location Flag of Israel.svg 8 Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Street, Beersheba.
Line(s)
  • Nahariya-Haifa-Tel Aviv-Lod-Beersheba
  • Rosh HaAyin-Tel Aviv-Rishon LeZion-Ashkelon-Beersheba
Platforms5
Tracks4
Construction
Parking300
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedSeptember 20, 2000;24 years ago (2000-09-20)
Passengers
20193,562,792 [1]
Rank10 out of 68

Be'er Sheva Center railway station 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. [2] 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.

Contents

Design

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 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.

Services

As of 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 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.

Station lines

Nahariya–Beersheba line
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Nahariya
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Akko
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Kiryat Motzkin
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Kiryat Haim
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HaMifratz Central BSicon BUS2.svg BSicon AETRAM.svg
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Haifa Center–HaShmona Carmelit-logo-crop.svg Ferry symbol.svg
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Haifa–Bat Galim
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Haifa–Hof HaCarmel BSicon BUS2.svg
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Herzliya
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Tel Aviv–University
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Tel Aviv–Savidor Central BSicon TRAM.svg BSicon BUS2.svg
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Tel Aviv–HaShalom
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Tel Aviv–HaHagana
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Lod
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Ramla
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Mazkeret Batya
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Kiryat Mal'akhi–Yoav
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Kiryat Gat
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Lehavim–Rahat
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Be'er Sheva–North
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to Dimona
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Be'er Sheva–Center
Herzliya–
Ashkelon line
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Herzliya
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Future link to
Binyamina
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Ra'anana–West
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Ra'anana–South
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Hod HaSharon–Sokolov
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Kfar Saba–Nordau
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Rosh HaAyin–North
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Petah Tikva–Segula
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Petah Tikva–Kiryat Aryeh BSicon TRAM.svg
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Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal
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Tel Aviv–University
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Tel Aviv–Savidor Central BSicon TRAM.svg BSicon BUS2.svg
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Tel Aviv–HaShalom
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Tel Aviv–HaHagana
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Holon Junction
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Holon–Wolfson
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Bat Yam–Yoseftal
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Bat Yam–Komemiyut
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Rishon LeZion–Moshe Dayan
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Yavne–West
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to Rehovot & Lod
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Ashdod–Ad Halom
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Ashkelon
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See also

31°14′36″N34°47′54″E / 31.243288°N 34.798443°E / 31.243288; 34.798443

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References

  1. "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
  2. "Beersheba Center Station Page". Israel Railways (in Hebrew). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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