Tel Aviv HaShalom Railway Station
| Inter-city line |
| to Beit Shemesh |
Tel Aviv HaShalom railway station (Hebrew: תַּחֲנַת תֵּל אָבִיב הַשָּלוֹם) is a major railway station on the Ayalon Railway in central Tel Aviv, Israel, serving most lines of Israel Railways. It is located in the median of the Ayalon Highway at the HaShalom interchange, near the city's main commercial area and HaKirya IDF base. In 2019, over 15 million passengers used the station, making it the busiest in the country.
The station was built by the Polish company Mostostal Warszawa and opened in 1996 with two tracks served by two side platforms. One of the platforms was turned into an island platform when a third track was added in 2006. The station building is located above the platforms, with entrances on the north side of HaShalom Road and via a bridge connected to the Azrieli Center mall.
Exit-only stairways were opened in 2008 to provide direct access to bus stops on the southern side of HaShalom Road. In February 2021 Israel Railways completed the construction of a second passenger terminal building located on the southern side of HaShalom road, opposite from the existing passenger building.
Electronic boards display the timetable in the station building, on the platforms, and in the shopping mall.
Electrification works in the station were completed in 2020. An additional side platform and fourth track are expected to be added to the station in the mid-2020s as part of the project to add a fourth track to the Ayalon Railway.
Access
The station is located near several major crossroads in central Tel Aviv. HaShalom Road continues east toward Givatayim and Ramat Gan while Kaplan Street proceeds west into Tel Aviv. Dozens of bus lines pass along the parallel Begin Road on their way to and from the central bus station.
The buses serving the station area are operated primarily by Egged and Dan, as well as Kavim, Superbus, Afikim and Nateev Express.
Gallery
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The new southern entrance under construction -
The station platform -
View from the Ayalon Highway
Train service
| Preceding station |  Israel Railways
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Nahariya
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Nahariya–Modi'in | Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Modi'in Central
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| Nahariya–Beersheba | Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Be'er Sheva Center
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| Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Karmiel
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Karmiel–Beersheba | |||
| Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Binyamina
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Binyamina–Beersheba | |||
| Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Netanya
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Netanya–Beit Shemesh | Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Beit Shemesh
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| Netanya–Rehovot | Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Rehovot
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| Tel Aviv Savidor Central towards Herzliya
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Herzliya–Ashkelon | Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Ashkelon
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| Herzliya–Jerusalem | Tel Aviv HaHagana towards Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon
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Station layout
Platform numbers increase in a West-to-East direction
| Side platform | |
| Platform 1 | Nahariya–Modi'in and Nahariya–Beersheba Returning toward Nahariya (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) → Nahariya–Beersheba Returning toward Tel Aviv Savidor Central (terminus) for selected trains during off-peak hours → Karmiel–Beersheba Returning toward Karmiel (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) → Binyamina–Beersheba Returning toward Binyamina (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) → Netanya–Rehovot Returning toward Netanya (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) during peak hours only → Netanya–Beit Shemesh Returning toward Netanya (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) during peak hours → Netanya–Beit Shemesh Returning toward Tel Aviv Savidor Central (terminus) during off-peak hours → Herzliya–Jerusalem Returning toward Herzliya (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) → Binyamina–Jerusalem Returning trains toward Binyamina during night hours only do not stop here → |
| Platform 2 | ← Nahariya–Modi'in Advancing toward Modi'in Central (Tel Aviv HaHagana) ← Nahariya–Beersheba, Karmiel–Beersheba and Binyamina–Beersheba Advancing toward Be'er Sheva Central (Tel Aviv HaHagana) ← Netanya–Rehovot Advancing toward Rehovot (Tel Aviv HaHagana) during peak hours only ← Netanya–Beit Shemesh Advancing toward Beit Shemesh (Tel Aviv HaHagana) ← Herzliya–Jerusalem Advancing toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon (Tel Aviv HaHagana) ← Binyamina–Jerusalem Advancing trains toward Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon during night hours only, except on Wed.-Thu. nights do not stop here ← Binyamina–Jerusalem Advancing trains toward Ben Gurion Airport during night hours on Wed.-Thu. nights only do not stop here |
| Island platform | |
| Platform 3 | Herzliya–Ashkelon Returning toward Herzliya (Tel Aviv Savidor Central) → ← Herzliya–Ashkelon Advancing toward Ashkelon (Tel Aviv HaHagana) |
Ridership
| Year | Passengers | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8,425,111 ( 2,790,019)
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| 2020 | 5,635,092 ( 9,717,852)
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2020 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |
| 2019 | 15,352,944 | 1 of 68 | 2019 Freedom of Information Law Annual Report |