Ra'anana West railway station

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Ra'anana West railway station
תחנת הרכבת רעננה מערב
Israel Railways
Ra'anana West railway station.JPG
Station building, footbridge, and platform canopies
General information
LocationHerzliya Mizrach Interchange, Ra'anana,
Israel
Coordinates 32°10′49″N34°51′03″E / 32.18028°N 34.85083°E / 32.18028; 34.85083
Line(s) Sharon Railway
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Parking300 places (Free)
History
Opened3 July 2018;5 years ago (2018-07-03)
Electrified25 December 2021;23 months ago (2021-12-25)
Passengers
2019265,006 [1]
Rank62 out of 68

Ra'anana West railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station in the median of Highway 531, between the cities of Ra'anana and Herzliya, as part of the Sharon Railway.

Contents

The addition of this station and its sister station Ra'anana South, is intended reduce travel time for Ra'anana residents to Tel-Aviv to approximately 11 minutes. [2] The station was scheduled to open on 1 July 2018 [3] but was delayed till 3 July. [4]

Location

The station building is located at ground level, west of Route 541 (Jerusalem Avenue) and north of Highway 531, and is accessible only from the Ra'anana side of the highway. [5]

The station building is of the shape of a book lying on its side. Its floor area is 600m², and is connected through a 50m footbridge to the platforms, which are below ground. Each platform is 300m long.

The station during construction 7mbnh tKHnt r`nnh m`rb.jpeg
The station during construction

Train service

Preceding station IsraelTrainLogoSymbolOnly.svg Israel Railways Following station
Herzliya
Terminus
Herzliya–Ashkelon Ra'anana South
towards Ashkelon

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year
YearPassengersRankSource
2021120,302 (Increase2.svg 61,420)64 of 66 (Steady2.svg) 2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
202058,882 (Decrease2.svg 206,124)64 of 68 (Decrease2.svg 2) 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019265,00662 of 68 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

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References

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