Be'er Sheva North railway station

Coordinates: 31°15′42″N 34°48′33″E / 31.2618°N 34.8092°E / 31.2618; 34.8092

Be'er Sheva North
Israel Railways
General information
Location	Haharoshet St
Owned by	Israel Railways
Line(s)	Nahariya-Haifa-Tel Aviv-Beersheba Rosh HaAyin-Tel Aviv-Rishon LeZion-Ashkelon-Beersheba Beersheba-Dimona
Platforms	3
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	29 March 1956; 65 years ago (1956-03-29)
Rebuilt	2005
Passengers
2019	2,308,782[1]
Rank	20 out of 68

Be'er Sheva 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 branch line.

The station is located on HaHaroshet Street and is connected 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 office park located across the rail yard 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.^[2] Between then and the opening of Be'er Sheva Center in 2000 it was the only active railway station in Beersheba.

In 2002, it was decided to move the passenger terminal at Be'er Sheva North 350 meters northwards to a new building nearby the university and an additional island platform was built.^[3] The new Be'er Sheva 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

v t Nahariya–Beersheba line Legend Nahariya Akko to Karmiel Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Haim to Beit She'an HaMifratz Central Haifa Central HaShmona Haifa Bat Galim Haifa Hof HaCarmel to Kfar Sava Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Savidor Central Tel Aviv HaShalom Tel Aviv HaHagana to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan to Modi'in and Jerusalem Lod to Ashkelon Ramla to Beit Shemesh Mazkeret Batya Kiryat Mal'akhi – Yoav Kiryat Gat Lehavim–Rahat Be'er Sheva North to Dimona Be'er Sheva Central Israel Rail Lines Map

Preceding station	Israel Railways			Following station
Lehavim–Rahat towards Nahariya		Nahariya–Beersheba		Be'er Sheva Center Terminus
Kiryat Gat towards Karmiel		Karmiel–Beersheba
Ofakim towards Binyamina		Binyamina–Beersheba
Ofakim towards Ashkelon		Ashkelon–Beersheba
Terminus		Beersheba–Dimona		Dimona Terminus

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