Be'er Sheva Center (Merkaz)
תחנת באר שבע מרכז
Israel Railways
Be'er Sheva Merkaz station entrance
General information
LocationIsrael 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 (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.

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
Nahariya
Akko
Kiryat Motzkin
Kiryat Haim
HaMifratz Central Haifa Bay central bus station Cable car
Haifa Central HaShmona Carmelit ferry/water interchange
Haifa Bat Galim
Haifa Hof HaCarmel Haifa Hof HaCarmel central bus station
Herzliya
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv Savidor Central Red Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail) Bus interchange
Tel Aviv HaShalom
Tel Aviv HaHagana
Lod
Ramla
Mazkeret Batya
Kiryat Mal'akhi – Yoav
Kiryat Gat
Lehavim–Rahat
Be'er Sheva North
Be'er Sheva Central
Herzliya–
Ashkelon line
Herzliya
Future link to
Binyamina
Ra'anana West
Ra'anana South
Hod Hasharon Sokolov
Kfar Saba–Nordau
Rosh HaAyin North
Petah Tikva Sgula
Petah Tikva Kiryat Aryeh Red Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail)
Bnei Brak
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv Savidor Central Red Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail) Bus interchange
Tel Aviv HaShalom
Tel Aviv HaHagana
Holon Junction
Holon-Wolfson
Bat Yam-Yoseftal
Bat Yam-Komemiyut
Rishon LeZion
Moshe Dayan
Yavne West
Ashdod Ad Halom
Ashkelon

See also

31°14′36″N 34°47′54″E / 31.243288°N 34.798443°E / 31.243288; 34.798443

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.
Preceding station Israel Railways Following station
Be'er Sheva North
towards Nahariya
Nahariya–Beersheba Terminus
Be'er Sheva North
towards Karmiel
Karmiel–Beersheba
Be'er Sheva North
towards Binyamina
Binyamina–Beersheba
Be'er Sheva North
towards Ashkelon
Ashkelon–Beersheba


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