Bet Yehoshua railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת בית יהושע, Taḥanat HaRakevet Beit Yehoshua) is an Israel Railways passenger station located in Beit Yehoshua and serves the village and the southern part of the city of Netanya, with its large industrial zones, as well as other small communities in the area.
Bet Yehoshua בית יהושע | |
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Israel Railways | |
General information | |
Coordinates | 32°15′46.20″N 34°51′36.95″E / 32.2628333°N 34.8602639°E |
Platforms | 2 |
Tracks | 3 |
Construction | |
Accessible | Yes |
History | |
Opened | May 1953 |
Electrified | September 2022 |
Passengers | |
2019 | 2,056,937[1] |
Rank | 24 out of 68 |
Train service
editThe station mostly serves suburban trains on the Binyamina–Tel Aviv–Beersheba, Netanya–Tel Aviv–Rehovot and Netanya–Tel Aviv–Beit Shemesh suburban lines with a total of four stops at the station in each direction per hour at peak times and two stops at off-peak times.
Platform 1 is used for southbound suburban or intercity trains, while platform 2 is used for northbound suburban or intercity trains. The station is situated between Netanya Sapir railway station to the north and Herzliya railway station to the south.
A small spur rail exists north of platform 2, housing a rail maintenance vehicle.
Preceding station | Israel Railways | Following station | ||
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Netanya–Sapir towards Binyamina
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Binyamina–Beersheba | Herzliya towards Be'er Sheva–Center
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Netanya Terminus
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Netanya–Rehovot | Herzliya towards Rehovot
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Netanya–Beit Shemesh | Herzliya towards Beit Shemesh
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Station layout
editPlatform numbers increase in an East-to-West direction
Side platform | |
Platform 1 | Nahariya–Modi'in trains toward Modi'in–Center do not stop here → Nahariya–Beersheba and Karmiel–Beersheba trains toward Be'er Sheva–Center do not stop here → Binyamina–Beersheba trains toward Be'er Sheva–Center (Herzliya) → Netanya–Rehovot trains toward Rehovot (Herzliya) (peak hours only) → Netanya–Beit Shemesh trains toward Beit Shemesh (Herzliya) (peak hours only) → Night Train toward Ben Gurion Airport does not stop here → |
Platform 2 | ← Nahariya–Modi'in and Nahariya–Beersheba trains toward Nahariya do not stop here ← Karmiel–Beersheba trains toward Karmiel do not stop here ← Binyamina–Beersheba trains toward Binyamina (Netanya–Sapir) ← Netanya–Rehovot and Netanya–Beit Shemesh trains toward Netanya (terminus) (peak hours only) ← Night Train toward Nahariya does not stop here |
Side platform |
Ridership
editYear | Passengers | Rank | Source |
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2021 | 1,052,922 ( 377,532) | 24 of 68 ( 1) | 2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |
2020 | 675,390 ( 1,381,547) | 25 of 68 ( 1) | 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |
2019 | 2,056,937 | 24 of 68 | 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |
References
edit- ^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
External links
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