Kiryat Gat railway station

Railway station in Israel
31°36′12″N 34°46′40″E / 31.60333°N 34.77778°E / 31.60333; 34.77778Line(s)Tel Aviv - BeershebaPlatforms2Tracks4ConstructionParking100HistoryOpenedJuly 1960Closed1979 to 1997Rebuilt1997Passengers20191,175,058[1]Rank35 out of 68

The Kiryat Gat railway station is an Israel Railways station in Kiryat Gat, situated on the Railway to Beersheba. It is located in the industrial zone in the east of Kiryat Gat. The station was first opened in July 1960, but was closed from 1979 to 1997.

The station is accessible by intracity bus routes 1, 2, 3, 4 (and their variants 11, 12, 13, 14) and regional bus routes 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70 and 251. All routes are operated by Dan BaDarom.

Train service

The station is open 24 hours a day, except on Saturdays. At peak times there are two trains per hour in each direction to and from Tel Aviv (and points north) and Be're Sheva, with a journey time of approximately half an hour to each city. Service then drops to one train per hour at off-peak times. Early morning trains to and from the station also stop at Ben Gurion International Airport.

Station Lines

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Nahariya–Beersheba line
Legend
Nahariya
Akko
to Karmiel
Kiryat Motzkin
Kiryat Haim
HaMifratz Central Haifa Bay central bus station Cable car
Haifa Central HaShmona Carmelit ferry/water interchange
Haifa Bat Galim
Haifa Hof HaCarmel Haifa Hof HaCarmel central bus station
Herzliya
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv Savidor Central Red Line (Tel Aviv Light Rail) Bus interchange
Tel Aviv HaShalom
Tel Aviv HaHagana
Lod
Ramla
Mazkeret Batya
Kiryat Mal'akhi – Yoav
Kiryat Gat
Lehavim–Rahat
Be'er Sheva North
Be'er Sheva Central
Israel Rail Lines Map

References

  • Israel railways web site
  1. ^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.

External links

  • On the Platform - information website
Preceding station Israel Railways Following station
Kiryat Mal'akhi – Yoav
towards Nahariya
Nahariya–Beersheba Lehavim–Rahat
Lod
towards Karmiel
Karmiel–Beersheba Be'er Sheva North
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Main line
Coastal railway
Ayalon railway
Old Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
South railway
Branch lines
Acre–Karmiel railway
Jezreel Valley railway
Sharon railway
Eastern railway
Yarkon railway
Tel Aviv–Bnei Darom railway
New Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
Anava–Modi'in railway
Lod–Ashkelon railway
Rishon LeZion–Modi'in railway
Ashkelon–Beersheba railway
Old Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway
South railway
Future lines
Eastern railway (under construction)
Rishon LeZion–Modi'in railway (under construction)
Planned
  • Karmiel-Kiryat Shmona railway
Proposed
Freight lines