Ben Gurion Airport Railway Station is a station on the
Israel RailwaysIsrael Railways is Israel's government-owned national railway company and is responsible for all inter-city and suburban railway passenger and freight traffic in the country. It utilizes the standard gauge in all its lines. The network is centered in Israel's densely populated coastal plain from...
lines between
Tel AvivTel Aviv-Yafo , usually called Tel Aviv, is the second largest city in Israel, with an estimated population of 391,300. The city is situated on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, with a land area of...
(and points north) and
Modi'in. The station serves
Ben Gurion International AirportBen Gurion International Airport Ben Gurion International Airport Ben Gurion International Airport , is the largest and busiest international airport in Israel, with over 11.5 million passengers in 2008...
's Terminal 3, and was opened in 2004.
The rail journey from Ben Gurion Airport to Tel Aviv takes about fifteen minutes and costs 13
NISThe Israeli New shekel is the currency of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...
. In the opposite direction, the line from the station goes southeast to
Modi'inModi'in Central Railway Station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal and one of two stations serving the residents of Modi'in . It is the terminus of the Nahariya-Modi'in line, with service to the airport, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Akko as well...
.
Discussion
Ask a question about 'Ben Gurion Airport Railway Station' Start a new discussion about 'Ben Gurion Airport Railway Station' Answer questions from other users |
Ben Gurion Airport Railway Station is a station on the
Israel RailwaysIsrael Railways is Israel's government-owned national railway company and is responsible for all inter-city and suburban railway passenger and freight traffic in the country. It utilizes the standard gauge in all its lines. The network is centered in Israel's densely populated coastal plain from...
lines between
Tel AvivTel Aviv-Yafo , usually called Tel Aviv, is the second largest city in Israel, with an estimated population of 391,300. The city is situated on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, with a land area of...
(and points north) and
Modi'in. The station serves
Ben Gurion International AirportBen Gurion International Airport Ben Gurion International Airport Ben Gurion International Airport , is the largest and busiest international airport in Israel, with over 11.5 million passengers in 2008...
's Terminal 3, and was opened in 2004.
Services
The rail journey from Ben Gurion Airport to Tel Aviv takes about fifteen minutes and costs 13
NISThe Israeli New shekel is the currency of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot...
. In the opposite direction, the line from the station goes southeast to
Modi'inModi'in Central Railway Station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal and one of two stations serving the residents of Modi'in . It is the terminus of the Nahariya-Modi'in line, with service to the airport, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Akko as well...
. Over a million passengers used the line in 2005. In August 2009 the station handled an average of 8,600 passengers daily.
Future Services
The station will also be a regular stop on the future
Tel Aviv to Jerusalem high-speed rail lineThe high-speed railway to Jerusalem is a railway line from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israel, under construction since 2001. It is set to be completed in 2016–17...
which is currently under construction. The Modi'in spur was opened fully in April 2008, but the Jerusalem link will only be operative after 2012.
It is also technically feasible for trains passing through the station to reach the
Lod Railway StationLod Railway Station is an Israel Railways station in Lod, Israel, served by most railway lines of Israel Railways. The station is located in the HaRakevet district of south Lod...
and indeed Tel Aviv-
LodLod is a city located on the Sharon Plain southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2007, it had a population of 67,000, roughly 80 percent Jewish and 20 percent Arab....
-Beersheva trains made stops at Ben Gurion in 2007. However, revenue passenger trains on this route no longer pass through Ben Gurion and are not expected to resume doing so until upgrade work is completed on the
railway from Lod to BeershebaThe Railway to Beersheba is the common name for the railroad which currently stretches from central Israel to the Zin Factories in southern Israel, with spurs to the Be'er Sheva Center Railway Station, Ramat Hovav and the Arad phosphate mines and factories in Tzefa...
. By passing through Lod, it would also be feasible to operate trains from Ben Gurion to other destinations south of the airport such as Ashdod and Ashkelon and to the existing railway station in Jerusalem.
Station Lines
External links