Be'er Sheva North railway station

Beersheba North
Israel Railways
General information
Location	Haharoshet St
Line(s)	Nahariya-Haifa-Tel Aviv-Beersheba Hod HaSharon-Tel Aviv-Rishon LeZion-Ashkelon-Beersheba Beersheba-Dimona
Platforms	3
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1956
Rebuilt	2005

Beersheba North railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת באר שבע צפון, Takhanat HaRakevet Be-er Sheva Tzafon) (also known as the University Train Station) is an Israel Railways station in Beersheba. It is a stop on the intercity line from Tel Aviv and the terminus of the Beersheba - Dimona spur.

The station is located on HaHaroshet Street and links to the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev by Mexico Bridge, a covered pedestrian walkway. Another covered pedestrian bridge from the station leads to the technology business park located to the north.

The station complex also includes a large rail yard and a rolling stock maintenance depot.

History

After the closure of the old Turkish station and railroad south of the town in 1927, the Railway to Beersheba mainly served the phosphate and other mineral industries in the Negev. The first passenger train station at the site opened on March 29, 1956. Between then and the opening of Beersheba Center in 2000 it was the only active railway station in Beersheba.

In 2002, it was decided to move the passenger terminal at Beersheba North 350 meters northwards to a new building nearby the university and an additional island platform was built. The new Beersheba North passenger terminal opened in 2005.

Until the mid-2000s, the station complex also included a freight rail terminal which was closed when the freight terminal in Ne'ot Hovav opened.

Train service

Station layout: Platform 2 – grey ; Platform 3 – red ; Platform 4 – green

Template:Tel Aviv – Beersheba line

Preceding station		Israel Railways		Following station
Kiryat Gat towards Kiryat Motzkin	style="background:#Template:Israel Rail color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Tel Aviv – Beersheba line Inter-City Service	style="background:#Template:Israel Rail color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Beersheba CenterTerminus
Lehavim-Rahat towards Nahariya	style="background:#Template:Israel Rail color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Nahariya–Beersheba line Inter-City Service	style="background:#Template:Israel Rail color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Beersheba CenterTerminus
Ofakim towards Ra'anana West	style="background:#Template:Israel Rail color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Hod HaSharon – Be'er Sheva line Suburban Service	style="background:#Template:Israel Rail color; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |	Beersheba CenterTerminus
Terminus		Dimona – Be'er Sheva line Inter-City Service		Dimona Terminus