Beit Yehoshua railway station
Beit Yehoshua railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת בית יהושע, Taḥanat HaRakevet Beit Yehoshua) is an Israel Railways passenger station located in Beit Yehoshua and serves the village and the southern part of the city of Netanya, with its large industrial zones, as well as other small communities in the area.
Beit Yehoshua railway station תחנת הרכבת בית יהושע | |
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Israel Railways | |
Coordinates | 32°15′46.20″N 34°51′36.95″E |
Platforms | 2 |
Tracks | 3 |
Construction | |
Disabled access | Yes |
History | |
Opened | May 1953 |
Electrified | no |
Train service
The station mostly serves suburban trains on the Binyamina/Netanya–Tel Aviv–Rehovot/Ashkelon and Netanya–Tel Aviv–Rishon LeZion suburban lines with a total of four stops at the station in each direction per hour at peak times and two stops at off-peak times.
On certain days and times Beer Sheva–Tel Aviv–Haifa–Nahariya intercity trains also make stops at the station.
Platform 1 is used for southbound suburban or intercity trains, platform 2 for northbound suburban or intercity trains, and platform 3 is for used for freight trains and by bypassing trains to reduce delays. The station is situated between Netanya railway station to the north and Herzliya railway station to the south. As of 2016, Sapir station is being constructed between the station and the Netanya railway station.
Preceding station | Israel Railways | Following station | ||
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Netanya Sapir towards Binyamina |
Binyamina–Ashkelon line Suburban Service |
Herzliya towards Rehovot or Ashkelon | ||
Towards: Netanya Netanya |
Netanya – Tel Aviv – Beit Shemesh Inter-city Service |
Towards: Beit Shemesh Herzliya |