Israel train
Photo: Roee Zukerman
Tel Aviv train stations to close for 8 days from next week
Tel Aviv railway stations will be shut down for eight days starting next week as work gets underway on the first electric train from Jerusalem to the center; Transportation Ministry to increase buses and provide alternative methods of transport to cope with disruptions.
Train stations in Tel Aviv will be temporarily closed starting Monday September 19 for 8 days as infrastructural work begins on the railways to install Israel’s first ever electric train.
Only Hagana Station will remain operational as usual as stations Tel Aviv University, Savidor Merkaz, and HaShalom cease all activities while infrastructural work gets underway on the electrification of an Israel Railways train which will travel between Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Herzliya.
Israel Railways train (Photo: Israel Railways)
As a result of the closure, significant disruptions will occur as Tel Aviv-bound trains from the south will end at Hagana Station and will not continue to the aforementioned stations thereafter. The final destination of those travelling from the north will be Herzliya. Moreover, no direct trains will be running between Haifa and Tel Aviv.
During the infrastructural work, a train line will be activated once every hour between Nahariya and Beersheva without stopping in Tel Aviv, allowing passengers to travel between the two destinations without have to transfer at Tel Aviv.
Work on Israels railway tracks (Photo: Israel Trailways)
In addition to a number of other temporary train lines designed to lighten the inconvenience, the Transportation Ministry will set in place alternative methods of transport between the affected stations from Hagana and Herzliya.
Furthermore, more buses will be provided to Tel Aviv from Haifa, Zikhron Ya’akov, Hadera, Natanya, Kfar Saba, Hod HaSharon, Rosh HaAyin, Rehovot, Rishon LeZion and Beit Shemesh.
The affected stations will close at 00:15 on Tuesday September 19 and reopen on Tuesday September 27 at 5am.
