Beersheba North Railway Station

Coordinates: 31°15′42″N 34°48′33″E / 31.2618°N 34.8092°E / 31.2618; 34.8092

Beersheba North
Israel Railways
Location Haharoshet St
Line(s)
Platforms 3
Construction
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 1956
Rebuilt 2005
Station layout: Platform 2 – grey ; Platform 3 – red ; Platform 4 – green

Beersheba North Railway Station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת באר שבע צפון, Takhanat HaRakevet Be-er Sheva Tzafon) (also known as the University Train Station) is an Israel Railways station in Beersheba. It is a stop on the intercity line from Tel Aviv and the terminus of the Beersheba - Dimona spur.

The station is located on Haharoshet Street and links to the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev by Mexico Bridge, a covered pedestrian walkway. In 2015, another long pedestrian bridge is being built at the station to allow access to the new high-tech business park being constructed north of the station.

The station complex also includes a rail yard and freight terminal. Israel Railways also began constructing the first phase of a large rolling stock maintenance depot east of the passenger terminal in 2012.

History

After the closure of the old Turkish station and railroad south of the town in 1927, the Railway to Beersheba mainly served the phosphate and other mineral industries in the Negev. The first passenger train station at the site opened on March 29, 1956.[1] Between then and the opening of Beersheba Center in 2000 it was the only active railway station in Beersheba. In 2002, it was decided to move the passenger terminal at Beersheba North 350 meters northwards to a new building nearby the university and an additional island platform was built. [2] The new Beersheba North passenger terminal opened in 2005.

Station Lines

Nahariya - Be'er Sheva inter-city line

Legend
Nahariya
Akko
Kiryat Motzkin
Kiryat Haim
Lev HaMifratz
Haifa Central HaShmona
Haifa Bat Galim
Haifa Hof HaCarmel
to Kfar Sava
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv Savidor Central
Tel Aviv HaShalom
Tel Aviv HaHagana
to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan
to Ben Gurion Airport
Lod
to Ashkelon
Ramla
to Jerusalem Malha
Kiryat Gat
Lehavim Rahat
Be'er Sheva North
to Dimona
Be'er Sheva Central
Israel Rail Lines Map

Tel Aviv - Beersheba inter-city line

Legend
Tel Aviv Savidor Central
Tel Aviv HaShalom
Tel Aviv HaHagana
to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan
to Ben Gurion Airport
Lod
to Ashkelon
Ramla
to Jerusalem Malha
Kiryat Gat
Lehavim Rahat
Be'er Sheva North
to Dimona
Be'er Sheva Central
Israel Rail Lines Map
Hod HaSharon - Be'er Sheva suburban line
Legend
Hod HaSharon Sokolov
Kfar Saba Nordau
Rosh HaAyin North
to Rosh HaAyin South, Lod
Petah Tikva Sgula
Petah Tikva Kiryat Aryeh
Bnei Brak
to Haifa, Nahariya
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv Savidor Central
Tel Aviv HaShalom
Tel Aviv HaHagana
to Ben Gurion Airport, Lod
Holon Junction
Holon-Wolfson
Bat Yam-Yoseftal
Bat Yam-Komemiyut
Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan
Yavne West
to Rehovot, Lod
Ashdod Ad Halom
Sderot
Netivot
Ofakim
to Kiryat Gat, Lod
Beersheba North
to Dimona
Beersheba Center

Israel Rail Lines Map

References

Preceding station   Israel Railways   Following station
Towards: Kiryat Motzkin
Kiryat Gat
  Kiryat MotzkinTel AvivBeersheba
Inter-City Service
  Towards: Beersheba Central
Beersheba Center
Towards: Nahariya
Lehavim-Rahat
  NahariyaTel AvivBeersheba
Inter-City Service
  Towards: Beersheba Central
Beersheba Center
Towards: Hod Hasharon
Ofakim
  Hod Hasharon - Tel Aviv - Rishon LeZion - Ashkelon - Beersheba Suburban Service   Towards: Beersheba Center
Beersheba Center
Towards: Dimona
Dimona
  DimonaBeersheba
Inter-City Service
  Terminus
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