Ben Gurion Airport railway station

Ben Gurion Airport railway station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת נמל התעופה בן גוריון‎, Tahanat HaRakevet Nemal HaTe'ufa Ben Gurion) is an Israel Railways station located in the lower level of Ben Gurion International Airport's Terminal 3. The station opened in 2004, together with the opening of Terminal 3.[1] The railway line extending to the northwest from the station connects it to Tel Aviv and points north, while in the other direction from the station the railway splits south to Lod and southeast to Modi'in and Jerusalem.

Ben Gurion Airport railway station
נמל התעופה בן גוריון
Israel Railways

Platform 1 of the airport train station at Terminal 3
Location Ben Gurion Airport, Israel
Coordinates32°00′01.66″N 34°52′13.91″E
Line(s)Tel Aviv–Jerusalem line
Platforms2
Construction
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened10 October 2004 (2004-10-10)
Electrified20 September 2018 (2018-09-20)
Traffic
Passengers (2019)4,383,073

As of July 2020, the station is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Services

The station currently serves three lines: Tel Aviv – Modi'in, Tel Aviv – Jerusalem, and a late night/early morning service running between the airport and Beersheba via Lod and Ashkelon.

In August 2019, the station served an average of approximately 22 thousand passengers per day.[2]

Tel Aviv – Modi'in

The rail journey from Ben Gurion Airport to Tel Aviv Savidor Central Station takes 15–20 minutes (with intermediate stops at Tel Aviv's HaShalom and HaHagana stations). Most Northbound trains from the airport then continue past Tel Aviv and terminate in Nahariya in northern Israel, making stops in selected destinations along the coast (with a total journey time of about 2 hours from the airport to Nahariya). The service to and from Nahariya operates 24 hours a day except on Shabbat (i.e., from Friday evening to Saturday evenings) and on Jewish Holidays. During the day and evening hours it operates twice per hour and in the opposite direction from the airport terminates in Modi'in to the southeast. During late night and early morning there is one train per hour terminating in Nahariya.

Tel Aviv – Jerusalem

The station is a stop on the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem railway. Travel time from the airport to Navon station in Jerusalem is just under 25 minutes with trains running every 30 minutes. In the opposite direction trains terminate at Tel Aviv's Savidor Central station. Railway electrification works currently being carried out on the Coastal Railway will enable extending this service to Herzliya in 2020.

Night trains to southern Israel

During late nights and early mornings there is one train per hour to and from the airport terminating at Beersheba Center via Lod, Rehovot, Ashdod, Ashkelon and selected stops in between.

Future services
A westbound train at the station, as seen from the arrivals level.

Since it is technically feasible for trains from the station to reach the Lod railway station (which is a major rail junction in central Israel), it is possible to operate trains from Ben Gurion to many destinations south of the airport. Direct trains to and from the airport south to Beersheva via Lod and Kiryat Gat operated in 2007 and in 2012-2013 but have been replaced with bus service due to insufficient passenger demand, though this service may be reinstated in the future.

Station lines
Preceding station   Israel Railways   Following station
Towards: Nahariya
Tel Aviv HaHagana		   Nahariya–Haifa–Tel Aviv–Ben-Gurion Airport–Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut
Inter-City Service		   Towards: Modi'in Central
Paatei Modi'in
Towards: Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway station
Tel Aviv HaHagana		   Jerusalem–Tel Aviv
Inter-City Service		   Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon
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References
  1. "Ben-Gurion Airport Station". Israel Railways. Archived from the original on 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  2. https://www.port2port.co.il/article/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%AA/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%AA-%D7%A0%D7%AA%D7%91-%D7%92-%D7%91%D7%97%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A9-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98/
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