Qiryat Motzkin Railway Station
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Qiryat Motzkin Railway Station (Hebrew: תחנת הרכבת קרית מוצקין, Taḥanat HaRakevet Qiryat Motzkin) is an Israel Railways passenger station serving the city of Qiryat Motzkin and the surrounding Qrayot region.
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[edit] Location
The station is situated on the North-South coastal line. The Station is located on Issachar Street (Hebrew: רחוב יששכר, Reḥov Yissaḥar) in the western part of the city, on the municipal border with Haifa's neighborhood of Qiryat Shmu'el. The Station is one of two railway stations serving Haifa's northern suburbs – The Qrayot (the other being Qiryat Chaim Railway Station), although it is slightly larger in terms of passenger numbers and trains serving it.
[edit] History
The present-day station stands on the spot of a halt that existed as early as 1937 on the Beirut – Cairo railway, constructed by the British during their Mandate for Palestine. This halt was Qiryat Motzkin's only means of transport to and from the surrounding areas, especially the city of Haifa.
The Station was reconstructed in the early 1990s according to the present passenger station format of Israel Railways. In the late 1990s a tunnel was constructed just north of the station, replacing the dangerous level crossing that existed in it’s place.
During the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict train service to the station was suspended after a Hezbollah Katyusha 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 ceasefire went into effect.
[edit] Design
The station consists of two side platforms with two parallel rail tracks running between them. The small station building is located on the east platform (Qiryat Motzkin exit) as well as an exit on the west side (Qiryat Shmu'el exit). A pedestrian tunnel connects the two platforms beneath the tracks.
Platform 1 (the eastern one) is used by southbound trains while platform 2 (the western one) by northbound trains.
[edit] Train Service
Qiryat Motzkin Railway Station is a station on both the main North-South coastal line of Israel Railways (Nahariya – Haifa – Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion Airport Inter-City Service) and the suburban line serving Haifa's northern suburbs – The Qrayot (Haifa - Qiryat Motzkin Suburban Service). The station is situated between Akko (Acre) Railway Station to the north and Qiryat Chaim Railway Station to the south.
Timetable highlights:
- Inter-City Service:
- On weekdays the station is served by 33 southbound and 30 northbound trains. First train departs at 01:18 and last train arrives at 01:15.
- On Fridays and holiday eves the station is served by 22 southbound and 18 northbound trains. First train departs at 01:18 and last train arrives at 14:59.
- On Saturdays and holiday the station is served by 4 southbound and 5 northbound trains. First train departs at 19:25 and last train arrives at 22:39.
- Suburban Service:
- On weekdays the station is served by 14 southbound and 12 northbound suburban trains to and from Haifa. First train departs at 06:11 and last train arrives at 18:20.
[edit] Public Transport Connections
Qiryat Motzkin Railway Station is located about a kilometer to the west of the main highway (Highway 4) and thus is out of walking distance from a large number of bus lines. Two Egged bus lines have a stop on the street outside the station, both runnig at about 20 minute intervals:
- 52/52A: Haifa – Qiryat Motzkin.
- 53: Qiryat Chaim – Qiryat Yam.
In addition, Sherut (share taxi) line 3 (circular inside The Qrayot) stops at the station.
[edit] Facilities
[edit] External links
| Previous station | Israel Railways | Next station | ||
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| To: Nahariya Akko |
Nahariya – Haifa – Tel Aviv – Ben-Gurion Airport Inter-City Service | To: Ben-Gurion Airport Qiryat Chaim |
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| Terminus | Qiryat Motzkin - Haifa Suburban Service | To: Hof HaCarmel Qiryat Chaim |
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