Ben Gurion Airport Railway Station

Ben Gurion Airport Railway Station נמל התעופה בן גוריון
Israel Railways
Platform 1 of the airport train station at Terminal 3
Location	Ben Gurion Airport, Israel
Coordinates	32°00′01.66″N 34°52′13.91″E / 32.0004611°N 34.8705306°ECoordinates: 32°00′01.66″N 34°52′13.91″E / 32.0004611°N 34.8705306°E
Line(s)	Tel Aviv–Jerusalem line
Platforms	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	10 October 2004
Electrified	No

Ben Gurion Airport Railway Station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת נמל התעופה בן גוריון‎‎, Tahanat HaRakevet Nemal HaTe'ufa Ben Gurion) is an Israel Railways station located in the lower level of Ben Gurion International Airport's Terminal 3. The station opened in 2004, together with the opening of Terminal 3.^[1] The railway line extending to the northwest from the station connects it to Tel Aviv and points north, while in the other direction from the station the railway splits south to Lod and southwest to Modi'in.

Services

The rail journey from Ben Gurion Airport to Tel Aviv Savidor Central Station takes 15-20 minutes (with intermediate stops at Tel Aviv's HaShalom and HaHagana stations). Most Northbound trains from the airport then continue past Tel Aviv and terminate in Nahariya in northern Israel, making stops in selected destinations along the coast (with a total journey time of about 2 hours from the airport to Nahariya). The service to and from Nahariya operates 24 hours a day except on Shabbat (i.e., from Friday evening to Saturday evenings) and on Jewish Holidays. During the day and evening hours it operates twice per hour and in the opposite direction from the airport terminates in Modi'in to the southeast. During late night and early morning there is one train per hour terminating in Nahariya. In September 2013 the station handled an average of 11,892 passengers daily.

Future services

Double deck train on platform 2 at night.

The station will also be a regular stop on the future Tel Aviv to Jerusalem high-speed rail line which is currently under construction. The Modi'in branch of this line was opened fully in April 2008, while the Jerusalem link is scheduled for completion in 2017.^[2][3]

It is also technically feasible for trains from the station to reach the Lod Railway Station (which is a major rail junction in central Israel) and thus allow operating trains from Ben Gurion to many destinations south of the airport, such as Rehovot, Ashdod, and Ashkelon and to the existing railway station in Jerusalem. Such services are expected in the future. Trains to and from the airport south to Beersheva via Lod and Kiryat Gat operated in 2007 and in 2012-2013 but have been replaced with bus service due to insufficient passenger demand, though this service may be reinstated in the future.

Station lines

Nahariya - Modi'in inter-city line
Legend Nahariya Akko Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Haim Lev HaMifratz Haifa Central HaShmona Haifa Bat Galim Haifa Hof HaCarmel Atlit Binyamina to Kfar Sava Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Savidor Central Tel Aviv HaShalom Tel Aviv HaHagana to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan to Lod Ben Gurion Airport Highway 1 to Lod Paatei Modi'in Modi'in Central Israel Rail Lines Map

References

1. "Ben-Gurion Airport Station". Israel Railways. Archived from the original on 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
2. "Jerusalem to Tel Aviv in 30 minutes". Israeli Ministry of Transportation Website. Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructure and Road Safety. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
3. Afra, Orit (2007-02-08). "Panacea or pain?". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2008-05-25.

External links

• Israel railways web site
  1. Station information on Israel railways web site
• On the Platform - information website