Be'er Sheva North railway station

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.

Be'er Sheva North
Israel Railways
LocationHaharoshet St
Owned byIsrael Railways
Line(s)
Platforms3
Construction
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened29 March 1956 (1956-03-29)
Rebuilt2005
Traffic
Passengers (2019)2.3 million

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.[1] 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.[2] 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
Tel Aviv–Beersheba line
 Tel Aviv Savidor Central
 Tel Aviv HaShalom
 Tel Aviv HaHagana
to Rishon LeZion Moshe Dayan
to Ben Gurion Airport
 Lod
to Ashkelon
 Ramla
to Jerusalem Malha
 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
Kiryat Gat
towards Kiryat Motzkin		   Tel Aviv – Beersheba line
Inter-City Service		   Be'er Sheva Center
Terminus
Lehavim-Rahat
towards Nahariya		   Nahariya–Beersheba line
Inter-City Service		   Be'er Sheva Center
Terminus
Ofakim
towards Ra'anana West		   Hod HaSharon – Be'er Sheva line
Suburban Service		   Be'er Sheva Center
Terminus
Terminus   Dimona – Be'er Sheva line
Inter-City Service		   Dimona
Terminus
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References
  1. Beersheba North Archived December 20, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Chicago events
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