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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Ra'anana West Railway Station

Ra'anana–West railway station is an Israel Railways passenger station in the median of Highway 531, between the cities of Ra'anana and Herzliya, as part of the Sharon Railway.

The addition of this station and its sister station Ra'anana South, is intended to reduce travel time for Ra'anana residents to Tel-Aviv to approximately 11 minutes. The station was scheduled to open on 1 July 2018 but was delayed till 3 July.

Location

The station building is located at ground level, west of Route 541 (Jerusalem Avenue) and north of Highway 531, and is accessible only from the Ra'anana side of the highway.

The station building is of the shape of a book lying on its side. Its floor area is 600m², and is connected through a 50m footbridge to the platforms, which are below ground. Each platform is 300m long.

The station during construction

Train service

Preceding station Israel Railways Following station
Herzliya
Terminus
Herzliya–Ashkelon Ra'anana–South
towards Ashkelon

Ridership

Passengers boarding and disembarking by year
Year Passengers Rank Source
2021 120,302 (Increase 61,420) 64 of 66 (Steady) 2021 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2020 58,882 (Decrease 206,124) 64 of 68 (Decrease 2) 2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report
2019 265,006 62 of 68 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report

References

  1. ^ "2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report" (PDF). Israel Railways.
  2. ^ "Israel Railways - Projects currently performed". Archived from the original on 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  3. ^ "ב-1 ביולי 2018: תחנות הרכבת ברעננה יחלו לפעול". Archived from the original on 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  4. ^ עושים היסטוריה: 9 ימים לפתיחת תחנות הרכבת ברעננה
  5. ^ יהיה בסדר בגלצ