Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station is an
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...
passenger station serving Hutzot HaMifratz Mall ,
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largest open-air mall, and the surrounding
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industrial zone just north of
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.
The station is situated on the North-South coastal line and is located in the central part of the Haifa-Bay industrial zone. The station is one of two railway stations serving Haifa-Bay industrial zone (the other being
Lev HaMifratz Railway StationLev HaMifratz Railway Station is an Israel Railways passenger station in Haifa, Israel, serving Lev HaMifratz Mall , one of Haifa's largest malls, and the surrounding Haifa-Bay industrial zone just north of Haifa.-Location:The station is situated on the North-South coastal line and is located in...
), although it is much smaller in terms of passenger numbers and trains serving it.
Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station is an
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...
passenger station serving Hutzot HaMifratz Mall ,
Israel'sIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
largest open-air mall, and the surrounding
Haifa-BayHaifa Bay is a small bay along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Israel. Haifa Bay is Israel's only natural harbor on the Mediterranean....
industrial zone just north of
HaifaHaifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs giving an example for peaceful co-existence. The Arab population used to be predominantly Christian, while some of the Jewish...
.
Location
The station is situated on the North-South coastal line and is located in the central part of the Haifa-Bay industrial zone. The station is one of two railway stations serving Haifa-Bay industrial zone (the other being
Lev HaMifratz Railway StationLev HaMifratz Railway Station is an Israel Railways passenger station in Haifa, Israel, serving Lev HaMifratz Mall , one of Haifa's largest malls, and the surrounding Haifa-Bay industrial zone just north of Haifa.-Location:The station is situated on the North-South coastal line and is located in...
), although it is much smaller in terms of passenger numbers and trains serving it. The station is also one of six railway stations within Haifa's municipal borders.
History
The station was constructed during the summer of 2001 and officially opened on October 16, 2001. This is the second public railway station whose construction was entirely funded by a private enterprise (the first being Lev HaMifratz Railway Station). The station replaced the temporary Kishon Railway Station that existed for several years some 700 meters to the north. The station consists of two
side platformRailway platforms at railway stations on double lines can be side platforms or island platforms. With side platforms, track centres remain the same, and no space is lost for slewing the track to wider centres, as would be needed for an island platform. Side platforms usually have access to...
s with two parallel
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running between them, a
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connecting the two
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and a station hall on the eastern side.
During the
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train service to the station was suspended after a
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rocket hit a train depot in Haifa on July 16, 2006, killing 8 Israel Railways workers. It was restored 29 days later, on August 14, two days after the
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went into effect.
Train Service
Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station is a station on both the main North-South coastal line of Israel Railways (
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– Haifa –
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– Ben-Gurion Airport – Be'er Sheva Inter-City Service) and the suburban line serving Haifa's northern suburbs –
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(Haifa -
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Suburban Service), although only a third of all the Inter-City trains actually stop at the station. The station is situated between
Qiryat Chaim Railway StationKiryat Haim Railway Station is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the town of Kiryat Haim and the surrounding Kerayot region.- Location :...
to the north and Lev HaMifratz Railway Station to the south.
- Inter-City Service:
- On weekdays the station is served by 11 southbound and 18 northbound trains. First train departs at 01:22 and last train arrives at 01:09.
- On Fridays and holiday
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eves the station is served by 13 southbound and 13 northbound trains. First train departs at 01:22 and last train arrives at 15:12.
- On Saturdays
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and holiday the station is served by 6 southbound and 4 northbound trains. The first train departs at 19:10 and the last train arrives at 22:50.
- Suburban Service:
- On weekdays the station is served by 14 southbound and 13 northbound suburban trains to and from Haifa. First train departs at 06:17 and last train arrives at 18:14.
Public Transport Connections
Hutzot HaMifratz Railway Station is located about 400 meters to the north-west of the main highway (
Highway 4Highway 4 is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip...
) and thus is within walking distance from a large number of
busA bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus seats a maximum of 8 to 300 passengers...
lines and Sherut Taxis (Share Taxi).
Facilities
- Payphone
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- Ticket
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- Ticket machine
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- Buffet
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- Parking lot
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- Toilet
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- Shopping
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facilities
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