Ashkelon Railway Station

Ashkelon Railway Station is a railway station in Ashkelon

Ashkelon

Ashkelon or Ashqelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Bronze Age...

, Israel

Israel

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. It's a suburban terminus on the line Binyamina

Binyamina

Binyamina is a town in the Haifa District of Israel, south of Haifa and north of Netanya. Formerly an independent local council, in 2003 it merged with nearby Giv'at Ada. Prior to the merger, the population was 6,600. In 2004, according to Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the population of...

/Netanya

Netanya

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 - Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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 - Rehovot

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/Ashkelon

Ashkelon

Ashkelon or Ashqelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Bronze Age...

. The station was in service on the line to Egypt before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

1948 Arab-Israeli War

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The decision to rebuild and upgrade the railway line between Ashdod

Ashdod

Ashdod , is the fifth-largest city in Israel, located in the Southern District of the country, on the Mediterranean coast, with a population of 207,000. Ashdod is an important regional industrial centre...

 and Ashkelon

Ashkelon

Ashkelon or Ashqelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Bronze Age...

 was accepted in 2002. The line was opened in 2005.

Facilities

Facilities present at the station are:

• Payphone
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• One ticket
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   cashier
  Cashier
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• Two ticket machine
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• Parking lot
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• Toilet
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