Be'er Ya'akov railway station

Be'er Ya'akov
באר יעקב
Be'er Ya'akov; באר יעקב
Israel Railways
General information
Location	Simcha Holzberg St., Be'er Ya'akov
Coordinates	31°55′58″N 34°49′44″E / 31.932825°N 34.828935°E
Line(s)	Lod–Ashkelon railway
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	70 spaces
Bicycle facilities	yes
History
Opened	1918
Closed	1948-1998
Previous names	1918-1948: Bir as-Salim

Railways in the Tel Aviv area

Legend

Inter-city lines to Nahariya and Karmiel via Haifa

Binyamina

Caesarea-Pardes Hanna

Petah Tikva-Kiryat Aryeh

Bnei Brak–Ramat HaHayal

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv Savidor Central

Ben Gurion Airport

Holon-Wolfson

Lod Ganei Aviv

Inter-city and suburban lines

Bat Yam-Yoseftal

to Jerusalem

Pa'atei Modi'in

Modi'in Center

Lod

Bat Yam-Komemiyut

Be'er Ya'akov

Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan

Inter-city line

Inter-city and suburban lines to Beersheba

Be'er Ya'akov railway station is a railway station in the Israeli town of Be'er Ya'akov. The station is located at the southern end of the town, roughly 2 miles east of Ness Ziona and 2.5 miles south east of Rishon LeZion.

History

The station originally opened in February 1918 and was named after the nearby British military headquarters as Bir as-Salim railway station,^[1] and served regular passenger trains between El Kantara, Egypt and Haifa. When the 1948 Arab-Israeli War broke out, the passenger service at the station ceased for half a century.

Access

The station is served by Kavim bus routes 1, 2, and 247. The station is also served by regular share taxis that operating on route number 247. It also has 70 free parking spaces, and 8 equipped for the disabled.

Trains

The station serves suburban lines between Ashkelon, and Binyamina. Trains operate every day of the week, though not between sunset Friday and sunset Saturday (Jewish Sabbath).