Modi'in Central railway station
Modi'in Central 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 as well. The station opened on April 1, 2008. An electrified connection to Jerusalem was opened on March 31, 2022
Modi'in Central railway station תחנת הרכבת מודיעין מרכז | |||||||||||||||
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Location | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 31°54′03″N 35°00′21″E | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | underground | ||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Parking | no | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | April 1, 2008 | ||||||||||||||
Electrified | March 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 1,711,198[1] | ||||||||||||||
Rank | 29 out of 68 | ||||||||||||||
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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,[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
- Tracks leading towards the station. The station is in the background.
- Another view of the tracks
- Inside the station
External links
References
- "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
- The "Pakatz Engineering (1997) LTD" site (Hebrew)
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