Herzliya Railway Station

Herzliya Railway Station תחנת הרכבת הרצליה
Israel Railways
Passenger platforms at the station. As of 2015, additional platforms are being built to the left of the existing platforms shown above.
Location	Ben Zion Michaeli St. next to Shiv'at HaKohavim Mall Herzliya, Israel
Coordinates	32°09′50″N 34°49′53″E / 32.16389°N 34.83139°E / 32.16389; 34.83139Coordinates: 32°09′50″N 34°49′53″E / 32.16389°N 34.83139°E / 32.16389; 34.83139
Line(s)	Binyamina/Netanya - Tel Aviv -Rehovot/Ashkelon
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Parking	300
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1953
Rebuilt	April 3, 2004

Binyamina/Netanya - Rehovot/Ashkelon suburban line
Legend
Binyamina Caesarea-Pardes Hanna Hadera Ma'arav Netanya Beit Yehoshua Herzliya to Hod Hasharon, Lod Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv Savidor Central Tel Aviv HaShalom Tel Aviv HaHagana to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan to Ben Gurion Airport, Modi'in Kfar Chabad Lod to Be'er Sheva, Jerusalem Be'er Ya'akov to Rishon LeZion HaRishonim Rehovot Yavne East to Yavne West Ashdod Ad Halom Ashkelon
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Herzliya Railway Station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת הרצליה‎‎, Taḥanat HaRakevet Herzliya) is an Israel Railways passenger station located in the city of Herzliya. The station currently has an island platform and a side platform serving three tracks. As of 2015, the Ayalon Highway is being extended past the station northwards (as part of the Route 531 project) and at the completion of this project, the platforms will lie contained in the median of the highway, like the train stations in Tel Aviv.

The existing station was built in the 2000s to replace the older station which was opened on October 23, 1989 that was located a few hundred meters to the south of the present location. The old station was itself a reconstruction of the original station, built in 1953 together with the Coastal Railway. Most of the trains which stop at the station are suburban trains on the Binyamina/Netanya - Tel Aviv - Rehovot/Ashkelon line. In the future, it will also be a part of a new circular route (Sharon Railway) that will serve the city of Ra'annana to the northeast. Currently this railway loop is partially built and serves the Bnei Brak, Petah Tiqva, Rosh Ha-Ayin, Kfar Sava and Hod Hasharon stations. The missing section of the loop (from east of Ra'annana to the Coastal railway) is being built as part of the Route 531 construction project.

Currently, the station is accessible from east of the tracks; as part of the route 531 project, access from the west will be built as well, including a new 290-space parking lot to be constructed west of the station, supplementing the existing eastern lot. Also as part of the project the side platform is being converted to an island platform and another island platform is being built east of the existing platforms. At the end of these works, the station will contain a total of three island platforms serving a total six tracks, effectively doubling the size of the station.

1. ↑ "Route Map". Israel Railways.