Modi'in–Center railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת מודיעין – מרכז, Tahanat HaRakevet Modi'in Merkaz) is an Israel Railways passenger terminal and one of two stations serving Modi'in (the other being Paatei Modi'in). It is the terminus of the Nahariya-Modi'in line, with service to the airport, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Akko. It became operational on April 1, 2008. On March 31, 2022, an electric link to Jerusalem was established.
Modi'in–Center מודיעין – מרכז | |||||||||||||||
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Israel Railways | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Modi'in, Israel | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°54′03″N 35°00′21″E / 31.90083°N 35.00583°E | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | underground | ||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Parking | no | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 1 April 2008 | ||||||||||||||
Electrified | 31 March 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 1,711,198[1] | ||||||||||||||
Rank | 29 out of 68 | ||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||
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Modi'in Central is the first rail station in Israel that is completely underground. Covering an area of approximately 7,000 square meters (75,000 sq ft),[2] it was the largest railway station in Israel until the opening of the Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station, which is eight times larger.
Gallery
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Tracks leading towards the station. The station is in the background.
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Another view of the tracks
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Inside the station
References
edit- ^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
- ^ The "Pakatz Engineering (1997) LTD" site (Hebrew)